February 28, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) announced that customers served by the freight rail provider invested nearly $3.5 billion in 2016. This figure reflects several large investments by customers including the completion of Big River Steel's...
February 28, 2017 - Progressive Railroading Magazine -
BNSF Railway Co. reported fourth-quarter 2016 revenue, operating income and net income all declined compared with the same quarter in 2015.
In 2016, total revenue slipped 2 percent to $5.3 billion, operating income fell...
February 28, 2016 - Mitchell Schnurman - Dallas Morning News Business Insight -
As a transit option, a Texas bullet train would be a major breakthrough. As an economic development project, it would be off the charts.
That’s because taxpayers don’t have...
February 24, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Texas Central, pushing back against a flurry of bills filed in the Texas legislature to kill their high speed train project between Dallas and Houston, put out a plea to everyday Texans asking for their...
February 24, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
The Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments has approved a measure to backstop the continuation of the environmental impact statement for the Dallas-Fort Worth Core Express, a proposed high-speed...
February 23, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Union Pacific was named the most admired among trucking, transportation and logistics companies by Fortune for the seventh straight year, marking the 14th time in 18 years the company has been named No. 1....
February 23, 2017 - Dallas Morning News Editorial
The Texas bullet train project is moving ahead, hitting milestones and keeping alive the audacious promise of a 90-minute train ride between Dallas and Houston. But yet again, a big potential roadblock has...
February 21, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Updated
A group of rural state lawmakers have filed a slate of legislation to push back against Texas Central Railway's proposal to construct a high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston.
Senators Birdwell (R-Granbury), Creighton (R-Conroe), Kolkhorst...
February 19, 2017 - Commentary from TRA President Peter LeCody -
And I always thought that the CATO folks cherished private enterprise over taxpayer funded projects. Gee, was I dead wrong.
I guess they need to have a talk with Randall O'Toole....
February 16, 2017 - Chris Lippincott, TRA Executive Director -
The Reason Foundation recently issued a policy brief urging caution in the development of high-speed train service in Texas. Despite Reason’s reputation as a thoughtful participant in transportation policy debates, their...