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IPI: No basis for conservative opposition to the Texas Central rail project

April 4th, 2017
April 4, 2017 - Irving TX Based Institute for Policy Innovation - Tom Giovanetti - In Texas, some conservatives wrongly think that opposition to high speed rail is a conservative principle. This is like saying that opposition to trucks, or cell...

5 bills to kill the Texas Bullet Train to be heard April 5th by the Senate Transportation Committee

April 4th, 2017
April 4, 2016 - TRA Newswire - The Texas Senate Transportation Committee will hear five bills Wednesday morning that can either cripple or kill one of the largest transportation projects proposed for Texas. According to the private developer of the Texas Bullet...

Are These the 5 Worst Bills of the Texas Legislative Session?

April 4th, 2017
April 3, 2017 - Dmagazine.com - The impact of some of these bills on Dallas transportation would be massive. Perhaps the scariest bill is one the Dallas Morning News reported on over the weekend. It would require communities to stage a public referendum...

Union Pacific is safest US railroad second year in a row

April 3rd, 2017
April 3, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific became the safest U.S. railroad and achieved its best annual employee safety performance in the company's 154-year history in 2016. This marks the second consecutive year Union Pacific was the top-performing railroad...

Texas Eagle train loss would nix eastward plans

April 2nd, 2017
March 25, 2017 - Glenn Evans - Longview News-Journal - A planned east-west train route allowing Longview residents to ride to New York and beyond is imperiled under a federal budget proposal that would eliminate funding for long-haul Amtrak routes, including...

DART says Texas Senate bill could derail Cotton Belt, other projects

April 2nd, 2017
April 1, 2017 -  Dallas Morning News - The Cotton Belt rail line from Plano to Fort Worth and the proposed downtown Dallas subway could be threatened by a bill in the Texas Senate, which would require voter approval before such...

Texans Against High Speed Rail suing state agencies for release of bullet train documents

April 2nd, 2017
March 31, 2017 - KBTX.com - A battle is brewing in Austin over a study about a proposed high speed rail project that could connect Houston to Dallas. The anti-bullet train group called Texans Against High Speed Rail is seeking the full...

Texas State Railroad Board approves tentative contract with Arizona company

April 2nd, 2017
March 29, 2017 - KTRE.com - During a meeting Wednesday morning, the board for the Texas State Railroad gave its approval for a tentative offer to have the Arizona-based Western Group to take over operations of the railroad. The railroad’s contract with...

Texas Budget Wall Could Stop Bullet Train Plan

April 2nd, 2017
March 20, 2017 - BondBuyer.com - A potential budget wall banning state assistance to a privately financed $12 billion Texas bullet train could stop the proposal in its tracks, proponents warn of the latest legislative effort to torpedo the project. The state...

New MetroRail trains roll into Austin

April 2nd, 2017
March 24, 2017 - Austin Monitor - With the arrival of tens of millions of dollars’ worth of new equipment, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority is approximately half a year away from beefing up its tenth most popular route. On Thursday, workers...

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