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'Hell has frozen over': After $85 billion for road construction, Texas asks for federal rail funding
October 10th, 2022
October 10, 2020 - San Antonio Express-News - Shepard Price -The Texas Department of Transportation is asking the federal government for millions in railroad funding after focusing mainly on roadway infrastructure in recent years. In a letter dated Oct. 5, Marc D. Williams, the executive...
Houston, Austin, San Antonio Mayors ask TxDOT to engage in intercity rail development program
October 3rd, 2022
October 3, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Mayors of Houston, Austin and San Antonio have asked the Executive Director of TxDOT to participate in a passenger rail corridor program being developed as part of the Infrastructure bill passed by Congress.In a...
FRA awards Houston Police Department trespass / suicide grants for rail right-of-way
June 15th, 2022
June 15, 2022 - TRA Newswire -The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will distribute grants totaling over $2 million to 25 law enforcement agencies in 13 states to combat "high instances of rail trespass-related incidents and casualties" on railroad property. The...
Will Texas miss out on it's share of $66 billion in federal rail funds?
May 8th, 2022
May 8, 2022 - TRA Newswire -The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is expected to announce, this month, the procedures for filing for Infrastructure Law rail grant programs. $66 billion in advanced appropriations are to be available for passenger and freight...
Soon: Southwestern Rail Conference videos and on-screen presentations
April 6th, 2022
April 4, 2022 - TRA Newswire -
FRA, TxDOT, Texas Railroad Association, Amtrak, Alstom, Texas House Transportation. A record number of attendees at the 18th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference heard from a wide range of presenters on freight and passenger rail...
Southwestern Rail Conference is sold out
March 30th, 2022
March 29, 2022 - TRA Newswire -
300 attendees will get a front-row seat to hear freight and passenger rail experts discuss important issues of the day Thursday and Friday at the 18th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference in Dallas. As of...
FRA Chief Counsel Allison Ishihara Fultz to Speak at 18th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference
March 3rd, 2022
March 3, 2022 - TRA Newswire -
Who will get over $100 billion in funding for expanding passenger and freight rail? What could it mean for Texas?
Chief Counsel of the Federal Railroad Administration, Allison Ishihara Fultz, is one of the leaders...
Texas anti high-speed train rural counties file suit against USDOT
April 15th, 2021
April 14, 2021 - TRA Newswire -
In what seems like a never ending chain of lawsuits against a high-speed rail line, rural counties and landowners between Dallas and Houston are at it again. Texas Central Railroad, the private company in...
Deadline 12/31: Texas RR's in good shape on Positive Train Control
November 22nd, 2020
November 22, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
With a mandated government deadline of December 31st to implement Positive Train Control (PTC) systems, Texas railroads are in good shape overall. The Federal Railroad Administration said that all railroads subject to the statutory...
Governor's confusion about Texas high-speed rail illustrates project's complexity
October 15th, 2020
October 15, 2020 - WFAA.com -
The planned bullet train that could connect Dallas and Houston via a 90-minute train ride has the "full support" of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, according to a letter the governor sent the Japanese prime minister...