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Testimony given on RGVs Regional Transit Authority bill

March 4th, 2019
March 3, 2019 - RioGrandeGuardian.com  - House Bill 71 would model a regional transit authority for the Valley based on the DART system in Dallas.   Two transportation leaders from South Texas have testified at the state Capitol on a bill to establish...

Attendees at San Antonio transportation department gathering seek change

February 6th, 2019
January 30, 2019 - Bruce Selcraig, San Antonio Express-News - The several dozen people who gathered at the Texas Department of Transportation’s San Antonio headquarters Tuesday to learn about the agency’s 30-year plans may constitute a tiny sample size, but many...

Mexico gas stations to get their supplies by rail from U.S.

January 17th, 2019
January 15, 2019 - mexiconewsdaily.com - Seventy gas stations in Guanajuato will import gasoline from Texas by rail to meet demand amid severe fuel shortages, the state governor has announced. Diego Sinhue Rodríguez Vallejo told a press conference that so far only Mobil...

Feds give Texas $26M for buses - Rail still $0

September 25th, 2018
September 25, 2018 - TRA Comment - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao has announced that the Federal Transit Administration will award $366 million in grants to improve the safety and reliability of America’s bus systems and enhance mobility for transit riders....

With pipelines full, producers turning to rail, trucks

September 11th, 2018
August 31, 2018 - San Antonio Express-News / Progressive Railroading - Related: Union Pacific to provide crude-by-rail service in Pecos, Texas Oil producers in the Permian Basin, dealing with a shortage of pipelines, are increasingly turning to trucks and rail to ship...

Trinity Metro names two rail division VPs

July 24th, 2018
July 19, 2018 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - Trinity Metro in Fort Worth, Texas, has hired Mike Stolzman as vice president and chief operating officer of rail. He has more than 20 years of railroad experience. In 1995, he joined the Chicago and Northwestern Railway...

A regional rail revival: Efforts to bring back passenger trains are happening all over

February 12th, 2018
February 12, 2018 - Governing.com - Great Barrington, a pretty town in the hilly Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, is a tad closer to Boston than it is to New York City, which is about 140 miles to the south. But if...

Florida's Brightline rail service starts: eyeing Texas corridor next?

January 15th, 2018
January 13, 2017 - TCPalm.com - Even as South Florida service gets underway Saturday, officials are exploring other parts of the country, such as Georgia, North Carolina and Texas, said Wes Edens, co-founder of Fortress Investment Group, Brightline's parent company "Our vision...

DART Moving Forward With Security Improvements

December 13th, 2017
December 13, 2017 - NBCDFW.com - The Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors on Tuesday approved plans and funding for several security improvements to light rail and bus systems. DART spokesperson Morgan Lyons said the upgrades focus in on three key...

No rail: Amazon HQ2 should be a wakeup call for San Antonio

October 18th, 2017
October 16, 2017 - San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board - San Antonio has decided not to throw its hat into the Amazon ring — a point that has understandably disappointed some in the community. The prospect of being home to Amazon’s second...

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