March 17, 2022 - TexasTribune.org - In car-friendly Texas, getting a major high-speed rail project off of the ground is almost impossible. For years, attempts to build a commuter rail line between Austin and San Antonio have faltered. The state’s lawyers are...

March 10, 2022 - TRA Austin - Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan today issued interim committee charges for the 87th Legislature and that included studying the state's future transportation needs, including what Texas might be eligible for under the recently passed...

January 26, 2021 - TRA Newswire - A number of Texans will populate the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure under Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR). The House T&I Committee is one of the largest bodies in Congress and covers a wide...

January 23, 2021 - TRA Austin - Transportation funding in Texas will take a hit from early reports on the state budget for the next two years. The Texas Senate released its base budget this week and at first blush it...

January 18, 2021 - San Antonio Express-News / Bruce Selcraig - For too long, say critics of the city’s long-term transportation planning, the bureaucracy’s car-centric mentality has focused primarily on accommodating auto traffic and improving roads rather than enhancing all modes...

Committee’s interim report explored indexing fuel taxes to inflation rate - January 15, 2021 - KSAT.com - Lawmakers are just beginning the 87th session of the Texas Legislature and they have to craft a budget, all while dealing with declining revenues...

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...

April 21, 2020 - Star-Telegram.com - Gordon Dickson - Now may not seem the time to talk about spending big tax dollars on transportation projects, since the economy is in a funk and many Texans are stuck at home due to...

January 10, 2020 - DMagazine.com - In a San Antonio speech, Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas may be experiencing its "last major build-out of roads.” Has the state changed its tune on transportation? For generations, the state of Texas’ transportation policy has...

May 10, 2019 - TRA Austin - Any time there is very little movement in high-speed rail bills in the Texas Legislature that is good news. All the eleven bad rail bills heard in the April 16th sub-committee, as well as those by...