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Texas cities want millennials living downtown. So why does the state keep building highways to the suburbs?
June 29th, 2018
June 26, 2018 - Texas Tribune - by Brandon Formby -
Less than 1 percent of TXDOT's budget is earmarked for public transit
As young, educated professionals push away old ideas about how to move around Texas cities, transportation planners’...
TxDOT again fails to include passenger rail in future planning
December 11th, 2017
December 11, 2017 - TRA Editorial -
Compared to other states, the Texas Department of Transportation does an amazing amount of future planning for the needs of the motoring public. TxDOT just ended several weeks of public comment to update its...
Officials mark 90 mile South Orient rail line rehab project - more to come
December 4th, 2017
December 4, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
FHWA funds improvements to the South Orient Rail Line
SAN ANGELO – Texas Transportation Commissioner Tryon Lewis and State Rep. Drew Darby led a gathering of county, state and transportation officials in a rail spike-driving...
Wear: Why plans for Texas bullet trains are still mostly a dream
November 25th, 2017
November 17, 2017 - Austin American-Statesman - Ben Wear -
Highlights
TxDOT this month approved a first-level environmental study on an Oklahoma-to-Mexico train plan.
But only the center section would be “high speed,” and TxDOT has no money to continue planning...
FRA Releases Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study Service Level Report
November 7th, 2017
November 7, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Three-segment, 850-mile corridor would provide passenger rail service
Northern Section – Edmond, OK to Dallas and Fort Worth, TX: Additional Amtrak-type service is the Preferred Alternative.
Central Section – Dallas and Fort Worth to San...
TxDOT receives Fed grant for South Orient rail upgrades in SW Texas / refinery to be new customer
August 5th, 2017
Updated August 13, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
AUSTIN – The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that the Texas Department of Transportation has received a $7 million federal grant to help rebuild the Presidio-Ojinaga International Rail Bridge and 72 miles of...
June 9: Inspection train is 1st step to restore I-35 Corridor TX / OK / KS service
June 3rd, 2017
June 3, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
The next step in restoring passenger rail service between Texas and Kansas will happen Friday June 9 when Amtrak and BNSF Railway will operate a special inspection trip from Oklahoma City to Kansas City.
Texas...
TxDOT to hold workshops in June: tell them you want rail to “Move Texas Freight”
May 21st, 2017
May 20, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
The Texas Department of Transportation will be holding a series of workshops around the state during the month of June to get your input on ideas on to keep Texas freight moving.
This is part...
4 Bad "Kill High Speed Rail Bills" To Be Heard Thursday Morning in Austin
May 1st, 2017
May 1, 2017 - TRA Newswire
Four bills are slated to be heard by the Texas House Transportation Committee Thursday morning that could either delay or kill a privately funded bullet train project slated to be built between Dallas and Houston.
"Now...
TRA testifies against Texas House Bill 3440: TxDOT should steer direction of high speed rail and not lawmakers
April 11th, 2017
April 11, 2017 -TRA Newswire - AUSTIN - (Updated April 12)
The Texas House Transportation Committee held a public hearing Wednesday on HB3440, a bill to create a joint interim committee that would come up with a strategy for a high speed passenger rail network in...