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The Aggie Student Senate and politicians don't outweigh public opinion on high speed rail

March 3rd, 2016
We purposely waited a few weeks to see if the outcome of a public poll that was conducted by The Eagle, a newspaper in Bryan/College Station, would significantly change. The answer is no. By an almost 3-1 majority the readers of the Brazos Valley newspaper still want...

Plans for Houston-Dallas bullet train moving along

January 24th, 2016
January 22, 2016 - Houston Chronicle Transportation Writer Dug Begley at the 2016 Southwestern Rail Conference DALLAS - Plans for high-speed rail in Texas will speed up in 2016, company officials said Friday, as the first comprehensive examination of the Houston-to-Dallas...

Could Texas be getting high-speed rail? Texas Central Partners in development phase

December 9th, 2015
December 7, 2015 - KPRC Houston HOUSTON - Its official name is the ‘Tokaido Shinkansen,’ but Texans may know it as the famous Japanese bullet train. Texas Central Partners is a private group that wants to bring the high-speed rail to Texas. The...

Texas Central adds 3 to executive ranks - construction slated for 2017

November 30th, 2015
November 30, 2015 - Special to TRA Newswire   Company developing high-speed rail adds experience to senior executive team in Public Affairs, Construction and Finance Appointments mark latest milestone in the private, Texas-based company project linking Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston's commercial hubs Texas...

Amid Great Progress, Texas High-Speed Rail Takes a Big Step Back

November 26th, 2015
November 19, 2015 - Eric Jaffe -  CityLab.com   Federal officials rule the rail line won’t stop in DPlugins 0owntown Houston America’s train-loving vice president has bestowed his official blessing on theprivately funded high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas. On Wednesday, Joe Biden...

VP calls Dallas-Houston bullet train beginning of new transportation era in America

November 26th, 2015
November 18, 2015 - Brandon Formby - Dallas Morning News Transportation Blog   Vice President Joe Biden stood atop a sun-drenched rooftop in the Cedars on Wednesday to sing the praises of a planned high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston. The...

Rail-Volution 2015 Transit oriented conference in Dallas Oct 25-28

October 24th, 2015
October 24, 2015 - DARTMedia Transit advocates and urban planners are converging on North Texas to see how new communities are being built around transit oriented developments along DART's 90 mile light rail line and transit facilities in Ft. Worth and...

High speed rail could transform home-campus commute, says students and advocates.

October 15th, 2015
Stopover planned 20 miles from A&M could transform home-campus commute, says students and advocates. October 15, 2015 -By Chris Martin - www.thebatt.com Future Texas A&M students could travel from campus to Houston or Dallas in a third of the time it currently...

Dallas-Houston high speed rail to generate $36billion+ in economic benefits

October 15th, 2015
(Special to TRA) - High-speed rail will spur economic benefits across Texas Independent study projects potential impact of more than $36 billion All counties, cities and school districts touched by the Dallas-to-Houston route will share in the financia l benefits, even before the...

DART to seek federal approval for 2nd downtown line via Jackson Street (maybe)

September 23rd, 2015
ByBRANDON FORMBY bformby@dallasnews.com Transportation Writer 23 September 2015 Dallas Area Rapid Transit will seek federal approval for a second downtown light-rail route that the Dallas City Council and downtown residents support but that business and civic leaders worry will jeopardize funding. Yet the route...

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