April 5, 2019 - TRA Austin - On Wednesday the House Transportation Committee created a subcommittee that will be the new battleground for high-speed rail bills. Almost all the high-speed bills that have not been heard at this time have now landed...

Updated April 5, 2019 - TRA Austin - In a two year old replay of a effort to keep Texans from riding high speed trains, Texas Senator Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury) filed a rider to the Senate budget bill that would stop...

March 29, 2019 - TRA Newswire - A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday on HB 1367 in Land and Resource Management. Texas Rail Advocates does not support this bill and urges that it be quashed.This is another of about two dozen...

March 27, 2019 - Craig Enoch, Retired Justice, Texas Supreme Court - Banding together for protection and common welfare was one of the earliest signs of civilization. Oftentimes, individuals would be required to dedicate some of their land for common use....

March 22, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Palestine State Representative Cody Harris' House Bill 1370 gets a hearing Monday before the House Administration Committee. The bill calls for a creation of a joint-interim committee on high-speed rail development. "While the title of...

March 8, 2019 - TRA opinion - Texas Rail Advocates has responded to a story that showed a grim picture of the proposed private-investor high-speed rail project between Dallas and Houston. TRA President Peter LeCody responded to a March 7, 2019 story...

March 5, 2019 - TRA Newswire - CG/LA lists Texas train project as one of the top 50 infrastructure projects in the world Houston-to-North Texas line also ranks as one of the nation’s most important projects The Texas high-speed train has...

March 3, 2019 - TRA Newswire - If a small band of rural legislators get their way, Texans will not see a private investor-owned company build a high-speed rail line within your lifetime. Texas Rail Advocates is tracking 22 bills filed in...

February 26, 2019 - TRA Newswire - If a small band of Texas legislators have their way, a private enterprise wanting to build a bullet-train line between Dallas and Houston could be halted in their tracks this spring, even before federal...

February 21, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Marking a major milestone in support of a first-of-its-kind high-speed train, Texas Central announced today it has engaged Citi and MUFG as financial advisers and to lead its capital-raising activities. Texas Central, which is developing...