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N Central Tx COG ditches hyperloop for HSR, shows plans to extend DART rail to McKinney

February 18th, 2022
February 18,2022 - TRA Newswire - The North Central Texas Council of Governments' Regional Transportation Council has revised its policy to favor high speed rail between Dallas and Fort Worth which effectively eliminates a hyperloop connection from consideration. In another rail...

NCTCOG hosting in-person high-speed transportation Open Houses October 12-30

October 8th, 2021
October 9, 2021 - TRA Newswire - The North Central Texas Council of Governments will hold a series of in-person open houses throughout the region this month to highlight the Dallas-Fort Worth High-Speed Transportation Connections Study’s purpose as well as the...

DFW High-speed transportation study moving ahead

September 5th, 2021
August 11, 2021 - fortworthtx.gov - The Dallas-Fort Worth High-Speed Transportation Connections Study is moving into its second phase of analysis. The Regional Transportation Council recently approved the study’s Phase 1 recommendations. The current study is evaluating high-speed transportation alternatives to modernize and...

Shreveport Mayor appointed to Southern Rail Commission - wants rail service on I-20 corridor

July 4th, 2021
July 4, 2021 - TRA Newswire - A  new development in a long-range plan to put people on trains in the I-20 corridor. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards last week appointed Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins as an at-large member of the three-state...

New DFW High-Speed Transportation newsletter launched

March 7th, 2021
March 6, 2021 - TRA Newswire - The North Central Texas Council of Governments has released the first edition of a news newsletter called DFW High-Speed Update. NCTCOG announced that the newsletter will be published monthly and include the latest available information...

N. Texas scores $25 million fed rail grant between Dallas & Fort Worth

September 16th, 2020
September 16, 2020 -TRA Newswire  - A federal rail grant of $25 million that was announced today will help with freight and regional passenger rail capacity improvements between Dallas and Fort Worth on the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) line. The busy...

North Texans invited to comment on transportation funding programs

September 16th, 2020
September 16, 2020 - TRA Newswire - The North Central Texas Council of Governments is conducting an online input opportunity to give residents the chance to comment on a series of transportation initiatives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. North Texans are encouraged...

Cotton Belt: $100 million available if innovative passenger rail can be developed

August 17th, 2017
August 17, 2017 - TRA Newswire - In a public meeting held at the North Central Texas Council of Governments office in Arlington today, Transportation Director Michael Morris outlined six potential innovative partnership ideas to get the missing link of the...

Calling all N Texas rail advocates: August 17 Cotton Belt funding meeting

August 4th, 2017
August 4 , 2017 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates has learned that an innovative funding approach may be available for completion of the Cotton Belt cross-region East-West passenger rail line that has been on the drawing board since the...

North Texas COG OKs backstop for high speed rail environmental study

February 24th, 2017
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...

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