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Rethink35 is suing TxDOT over I-35 expansion with broad community support
September 5th, 2023
September 1, 2023 - Austin Chronicle.com - TxDOT vs. basically everyone in Austin.Widespread opposition to the I-35 expansion has led to its logical conclusion: The Texas Department of Transportation is getting sued, and a whole lot of Austinites are on board.Wednesday, at a...
Jaguar Transport Holdings enters into agreement to operate Dallas Transload Solution
September 4th, 2023
September 4, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Tomorrow, Jaguar Transport Holdings will take over as operator of Dallas Transload Solution (DTL), a 7-acre transload facility southeast of downtown Dallas. Jaguar entered into an agreement with Loup Logistics to run the operation....
Some Austin City Council members join Rethink35 in opposition to I-35 expansion plan, rail was never considered
August 30th, 2023
August 30, 2023 - kvue.com - Several members of the Austin City Council are joining the group Rethink35 to speak out against a plan to widen Interstate 35.Earlier this month, the federal government gave environmental clearance for the I-35 Capital Express Central Project – a...
UP CARES sounds horn for rail safety in Texas
August 30th, 2023
August 30, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Members of Union Pacific’s Crossing Accident Reduction Education and Safety program, known as UP CARES, work to instill safety awareness in community members of all ages, especially students in Texas and across the railroad's...
North Texas leaders rally for high-speed rail, envisions Bryan-College Station link
August 30th, 2023
August 28, 2023 - kbtx.tv - Those same leaders say they would like to see a statewide system that would connect cities like Austin, San Antonio, Laredo, and even College Station.The North Central Texas Council of Governments is currently conducting studies and planning meetings...
Stay off my tracks! UP goes to court over CPKC moving grain trains over their lines between Beaumont and Houston-Galveston ports
August 29th, 2023
August 29, 2023 - TRA Newswire -, Hey CPKC, if you want to use UP tracks for your grain trains, you better get a new agreement first. That's the contention of Union Pacific. The company wants a federal court in Western Missouri...
Rural Congressman and State Rep blast Amtrak-Texas Central potential partnership, Dallas and Houston Mayors disagree
August 27th, 2023
August 27, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Following a joint announcement that national passenger rail provider Amtrak and Dallas-Houston bullet train developer Texas Central Railway may form a partnership to advance high-speed rail, a rural U.S. Congressman and a Texas State...
Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railway partners with local school district to aid community recovery
August 27th, 2023
August 27, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railway, LLC (BRG) recently presented Point Isabel School District with a check for $9,000 during a ceremony that honored each of BRG’s nine recipients of the 2022 OmniTRAX Safe Shipper...
Phase One of Project Connect; Light Rail Coming to Austin
August 26th, 2023
August 23, 2023 - rtands.com -Light rail is coming to the city of Austin as the first phase of Project Connect is underway.According to CBS Austin, the first phase of Project Connect is underway, and a light rail will be coming to the city....
Why did Texas miss out on a new $220 million passenger railcar manufacturing plant?
August 26th, 2023
August 25, 2023 - TRA Newswire - Texas would have been the ideal state for Siemens Mobility to host the groundbreaking for a brand new $220 million passenger railcar manufacturing and services facility. Building passenger trains and servicing them smack dab in the middle of...