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5 bills to kill the Texas Bullet Train to be heard April 5th by the Senate Transportation Committee
April 4th, 2017
April 4, 2016 - TRA Newswire -
The Texas Senate Transportation Committee will hear five bills Wednesday morning that can either cripple or kill one of the largest transportation projects proposed for Texas.
According to the private developer of the Texas Bullet...
Texas Budget Wall Could Stop Bullet Train Plan
April 2nd, 2017
March 20, 2017 - BondBuyer.com -
A potential budget wall banning state assistance to a privately financed $12 billion Texas bullet train could stop the proposal in its tracks, proponents warn of the latest legislative effort to torpedo the project.
The state...
Texas bullet train firm calls provision added to Senate budget a "job killer"
March 15th, 2017
March 15, 2017 - Texas Tribune
Officials with Texas Central Partners, the private firm developing the Houston-Dallas high-speed rail line, said the rider added to the state senate's proposed budget Wednesday would put their project at risk.
BY BRANDON FORMBY AND MATTHEW...
Passengers oppose job-killing resolutions aimed at proposed Texas bullet train
March 14th, 2017
March 14, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Freestone County Times - Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Railroad Passengers is calling on leaders in the Texas State Legislature to reject a draft of job-killing regulations aimed at the private-sector project to...
Dallas News: Dallas - Houston Bullet Train Seems Like A No-Brainer
February 28th, 2017
February 28, 2016 - Mitchell Schnurman - Dallas Morning News Business Insight -
As a transit option, a Texas bullet train would be a major breakthrough. As an economic development project, it would be off the charts.
That’s because taxpayers don’t have...
Texas Central asks for public support against flurry of anti-rail bills
February 24th, 2017
February 24, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Texas Central, pushing back against a flurry of bills filed in the Texas legislature to kill their high speed train project between Dallas and Houston, put out a plea to everyday Texans asking for their...
Lawmakers file flurry of misguided bills to derail the Dallas-to-Houston bullet train
February 24th, 2017
February 23, 2017 - Dallas Morning News Editorial
The Texas bullet train project is moving ahead, hitting milestones and keeping alive the audacious promise of a 90-minute train ride between Dallas and Houston. But yet again, a big potential roadblock has...
Randall O'Toole's Misguided Effort to Derail The Texas Bullet Train
February 19th, 2017
February 19, 2017 - Commentary from TRA President Peter LeCody -
And I always thought that the CATO folks cherished private enterprise over taxpayer funded projects. Gee, was I dead wrong.
I guess they need to have a talk with Randall O'Toole....
McLane: Texas Bullet Train Project Will Be A Thriving Economic Engine
February 17th, 2017
February 14, 2017 - Houston Chronicle -
By Drayton McLane Jr -
With the Super Bowl behind us, how many Texans would have enjoyed football's biggest week even more had it not been for the traffic hassles to get to Houston? Just...
Texas Bullet Train Project Reaches Key Milestones With Landowners
February 7th, 2017
February 7, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Texas Central, developers of the state’s first high-speed train, announced today that it has marked a significant milestone in its land option program, the result of collaborative and ongoing engagements with property owners and stakeholders...