November 5, 2021 - TRA Austin - After delays and more discussions, the Austin City Council signed off on a Joint Powers Agreement that sets the stage of the development of the $7.1 billion Project Connect program. The council vote was...

November 5, 2021 - TRA Newswire - It's a new date and a new, larger venue for the 18th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference, the premier all-rail event held every year in Texas. Hosted by Texas Rail Advocates, the Southwestern Rail Conference will...

November 4, 2021 - TRA Newswire - The Texas Department of Transportation wants your input. The agency is conducting a study of Interstate 20 from the I-10 junction in Reeves County, in far West Texas, all the way to the Louisiana...

October 27, 2021 - TRA Newswire / Fort Worth Business Press - Two long-time transportation executives who worked together at other transit agencies will change chairs at Fort Worth Trinity Metro, again. Trinity Metro President and CEO Bob Baulsir, who led the...

Updated October 21, 2021- TRA Newswire - The last stumbling block holding up moving freight rail traffic across the Rio Grande between Texas and Mexico in deep Southwest Texas was removed by the state legislature Tuesday. With a $15.5 million dollar appropriation...

October 18, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Citing a potential disruption to the flow of goods in Texas and throughout the national rail network, Union Pacific Railroad has filed suit in U.S. District Court to oppose forced vaccine mandates being imposed...

October 16, 2021 - TRA Newswire - In an unusual move, the Texas Supreme Court announced that it will grant a review of a decision it made earlier this year which showed that high-speed rail builder Texas Central Railway is really...

October 16, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Texas power grid operator ERCOT has two new governing board members. One is an oil and gas executive and the other new board member is leading the effort to build the first high-speed rail...

October 15, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Texas high-speed rail investors have announced their intention to form an entity that will develop train stations in Dallas, Houston and Grimes County near College Station, where the permitted Texas Central Railway high-speed rail line terminals will be located....

October 6, 2021 - TRA Newswire - For the second year in a row, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has been recognized as a Best-in-State Employer by Forbes. The Best-in-State Employer award winners, given out by Forbes and Statista Inc., were chosen...