August 7, 2018 - tribtalk.org, The Texas Tribune - Without any fanfare, the Federal Railroad Administration released the Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study (TOPRS), which was five years in the making, last November. Since then, crickets. The service level study paints a broad brushstroke showing...

June 15, 2018 - businessreport.com - Plans for two Baton Rouge rail stations to be unveiled Tuesday. While officials still haven’t determined how to pay for the proposed passenger rail service between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, they have a general idea...

October 6, 2017 - Rail Passengers Association (NARP) - By Jim Mathews, Opinion Contributor, TheHill.com - This summer the White House and a handful of Congress members tried to kill Amtrak’s national network. Both the House and the Senate soundly rejected this outrageous proposal,...

September 5, 2017 - TRA Newswire - The Oklahoma House Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, September 7 at the state capitol to review progress and look at the potential for expansion of passenger rail and light rail transit. The...

July 29, 2017 - TahlequahDailyPress.com - State Reps. Monroe Nichols and Forrest Bennett are on the right side of history - and they're on the side of Oklahomans who believe restoration of a robust passenger rail service could be a boon...

May 21, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Our Texas lawmakers are on course to pass two bills that would put restrictions on present and future passenger rail projects. Other forms of transportation do not have these same restrictions. It is a...

April 6, 2017 - Texas Tribune TribTalk - By Peter LeCody, April 6, 2017 Photo by Norihiro Kataoka Passenger rail as a transportation option for Texans is usually ignored by the Legislature without a second thought. Not this session. More than two dozen...

October 23, 2015  (Tulsa) - The head of Tulsa’s passenger rail task force says the city is ready to take the last step toward having service into downtown. Former city councilor Rick Westcott said Iowa Pacific needs the state’s designation as the...