September 25, 2017 - MySanAntonio.com / TRA Newswire - An energy entrepreneur wants to set up a commuter rail system to further his vision of weaning Vermont from fossil fuels and getting cars off the highways, and he has taken the...

September 15, 2017 - CommunityImpact.com - Prospects for a 26-mile suburban passenger rail line that would run through downtown Plano were bolstered this week as transportation officials approved a funding plan for the $1.3 billion project. Dallas Area Rapid Transit board members on Tuesday...

September 13, 2017 - Dallas Morning News, Liz Farmer - The Dallas City Council on Wednesday gave its support to plans to build a downtown subway route under Commerce Street. Council members also tentatively approved a new streetcar line that would connect...

August 17, 2017 - TRA Newswire - In a public meeting held at the North Central Texas Council of Governments office in Arlington today, Transportation Director Michael Morris outlined six potential innovative partnership ideas to get the missing link of the...

June 29, 2017 - Dallas Observer - The Dallas City Council turned over the city's seats on DART's board of directors Wednesday, dumping three board members who defied the City Council in 2016. The council move is in direct defiance of the...

May 16, 2017 - TRA Newswire - A new study looking at the economic impact of publicly funded projects near the light rail stations of Dallas Area Rapid Transit demonstrates what economists and private real estate developers have seen for nearly...

April 15, 2017 - TRA Newswire - DART President/Executive Director Gary Thomas, on behalf of the American Public Transportation Association, testified earlier this month before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Specifically, the committee wanted to hear from...

April 10, 2017 - TRA Newswire / VermontBiz.com - A Vermont company planning to launch a regional commuter rail service has purchased 12 self-propelled rail cars from Dallas Area Rapid Transit that ran reliably for years on the Trinity Railway Express between...

April 1, 2017 -  Dallas Morning News - The Cotton Belt rail line from Plano to Fort Worth and the proposed downtown Dallas subway could be threatened by a bill in the Texas Senate, which would require voter approval before such...

January 25, 2017 - TRA Newswire - McClatchy newspapers report that President Trump's transition team has compiled a list of 50 potential transportation projects across the U.S. that could be included in a promised infrastructure proposal. Two in the "Top 15" are passenger rail projects...