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Heading To College? Why The Bullet Train Is A Safer Option Than Traveling On I-45
August 30th, 2018
August 30, 2018 - Special to TRA from Landon Biehl -
If you’ve ever traveled I-45, which is pretty unavoidable if you live in Texas, you probably know it’s notorious for being one of the most dangerous highways in the United...
Highway AND Railways: Let the voters decide
August 10th, 2018
August 7, 2018 - tribtalk.org, The Texas Tribune -
Without any fanfare, the Federal Railroad Administration released the Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study (TOPRS), which was five years in the making, last November.
Since then, crickets.
The service level study paints a broad brushstroke showing...
Hey TxDOT? Are you interested in federal CRISI funding for rail projects?
July 24th, 2018
July 24, 2018 - TRA Commentary -
The Texas Department of Transportation only has until September 17 to file for a federal grant in the latest round of the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program.
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued their notice of...
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’...
Attention Amtrak: you forgot that people in flyover country need service too
June 8th, 2018
June 8, 2018 - TRA commentary -
The executives at Amtrak have been on a tear to de-staff stations, primarily in the Midwest and West, without regard to the consequences of their actions that affect purchasing tickets or checking baggage and...
Supporting Texas State Railroad and their steam trains is good for a summer outing
May 5th, 2018
May 5, 2018 - TRA Opinion -
Summer rail season goes full steam ahead starting May 26th at the Texas State Railroad, one of the treasures of railroading in the Lone Star state. Rare steam locomotives of the historic Golden Age...
High speed rail vote: Don’t let the train leave without Fort Worth
April 12th, 2018
April 11, 2018 -
BY THE STAR-TELEGRAM EDITORIAL BOARD -
EDITOR'S UPDATE:
Thursday afternoon Regional Transportation Council members voted to approve funding that will allow North Texas transportation planners to begin studying a high speed rail route from Fort Worth to Laredo. Details...
Congressman Poe: Bullet Train builds a better future for Texas
March 17th, 2018
March 16, 2018 - Houston Chronicle -
U.S. Congressman Ted Poe -
"There is simply not enough concrete to build enough highway lanes to keep up with all of this growth"
As technology evolves, so does transportation. From the days of the horse...
A regional rail revival: Efforts to bring back passenger trains are happening all over
February 12th, 2018
February 12, 2018 - Governing.com -
Great Barrington, a pretty town in the hilly Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, is a tad closer to Boston than it is to New York City, which is about 140 miles to the south. But if...
With Amtrak crash, Congress faced a deadly rail danger firsthand - Congressman Burgess (TX) lent a hand
February 2nd, 2018
February 2, 2018 - TheHill.com - Jim Matthews, Opinion Contributor -
On Wednesday morning, I asked my staff to post a cautionary video of a truck driver in Florida ignoring flashing lights and lowered crossing gates to drive across the tracks,...