July 23, 2024 - TexasTribune.com - The state’s booming population, congestion problems and billions of federal dollars on the table have officials eyeing ways to boost passenger rail.A robust passenger rail system has long been seen as a pipe dream in...

July 18, 2024 - TRA Commentary -Sitting in traffic more than usual? You bet you are. And it's only going to get worse.The economic cost of traffic congestion in Texas' major cities continued to climb last year, according to a...

July 18, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Residents in Plano and Richardson will soon be able to catch a glimpse of the new Silver Line trains in town with Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) set to begin testing Monday, July 22.DART...

July 16, 2024 - TRA Newswire / latintimes.com -If Mexico builds it, will Texas be ready? That's a question yet to be answered if the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, follows through on her predecessors' plans to boost the...

July 17, 2024 - TRA Newswire - Once a glorious facility that spanned the Arkansas and Texas border and hosted numerous daily trains, the Texarkana Union Station has fallen into a state of disrepair and has become an eyesore for the region. That may change...

July 16, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Should the State of Oklahoma and Texas want to expand from one daily roundtrip currently offered on the Heartland Flyer between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City, now would be the time to move on...

July 16, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The Federal Railroad Administration's announcement of over $1.1 billion in Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) grant funding last week comes right after a Texas Department of Transportation draft presentation of a line item asking the state...

July 15, 2024 - TRA Newswire -To help keep a thriving Texas economy moving, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is drafting a record-breaking 10-year transportation plan, and the public is invited to weigh in on potential projects in communities...

June 27, 2024 - A regional transit authority boosts the economy, says Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council Executive Director Manuel Cruz. People have more mobility. It is easier for them to get to work, visit the doctor, go to college,...

July 12, 2024 - TRA Newswire - Eliminating a cumbersome move from ship-to-truck-to-rail at Union Pacific Railroad's Port Houston on-dock service is paying off with additional inland markets added in 2024.The sucessful service, which began in May 2023, enables intermodal containers...