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Cities and counties want rail funding from TxDOT and Texas legislature
September 22nd, 2022
September 22, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Texas cities and county Commissioner Courts are signing resolutions and letters of support for rail funding in the upcoming legislative session.Spurred on by Texas Rail Advocates' Fair-Share-For-Rail Campaign which points out that freight and...
Texas Transportation Commission announces record $85 billion 10-year highway plan – fails in rail funding
August 31st, 2022
August 30, 2022 – TRA Austin –The Texas Transportation Commission approved a record $85 billion highway construction plan Tuesday during their August meeting but left funding for freight and passenger rail projects out in the cold, again.It was a record day for...
Texas Rail Advocates calls on state to invest in freight and passenger rail projects
August 30th, 2022
August 30, 2022 - KXAN.com - Candy Rodriguez -AUSTIN — Nonprofit Texas Rail Advocates President Peter LeCody will meet with the Texas Transportation Commission Tuesday. He’s urging the commission to call on state lawmakers this upcoming session and apply for...
TxDOT budget request shows $21 million for Railway-Highway crossing upgrades, nothing else for rail
July 20th, 2022
Funding is only for Railway-Crossing fundingNo additional "ask" to participate in competitive federal rail grants with a state match, even with billions to become available from the state Rainy Day Fund - July 20, 2022 - TRA Austin -Every two years...
FRA announces $3 billion Rail Crossing Elimination Program - will Texas participate?
July 3rd, 2022
July 3, 2022 - TRA Newswire -On Thursday the Federal Railroad Administration announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for its newly created Railroad Crossing Elimination Program, a grant program to improve safety and mobility of people and goods.$3 billion...
Transpo Commission approved most funding ever for transit, but don't get excited yet
July 19th, 2021
July 19, 2021 - TRA Opinion -
In a recent news release the Texas Transportation Commission touted that it approved the most funding, ever, for transit projects in the state. The amount? $89 million. And we applaud that.
But let's take the...
After revenue drop Tx House Transpo Chair Canales looks for ways to increase funding
January 16th, 2021
Committee’s interim report explored indexing fuel taxes to inflation rate -
January 15, 2021 - KSAT.com -
Lawmakers are just beginning the 87th session of the Texas Legislature and they have to craft a budget, all while dealing with declining revenues...
The Amtrak Funding Déjà Vu—Again
February 23rd, 2020
February 12, 2020 - Railway Age -
Color it neither Democratic nor Republican. It’s Amtrak—or, more precisely, the Amtrak déjà vu. Since its 1971 creation by Congress as America’s national intercity passenger railroad, Amtrak’s survival has been a near-run thing dependent...
Commentary: Infrastructure investment needs reliable funding
December 22nd, 2019
December 20, 2019 - Michelle Dippel to Austin American-Statesman -
If you live in the Austin area, you can’t help but notice how things have grown, and with an average of 152 newcomers arriving each day, that growth doesn’t appear to...
DART chief urges Congress to pass infrastructure bill, citing coming work on Cotton Belt and D2 lines
March 25th, 2019
March 19, 2019 - Dallas Morning News -
Dallas Area Rapid Transit president Gary Thomas on Monday urged Congress to deliver a far-reaching infrastructure bill, joining other public transit leaders in stressing the importance of funding billions of dollars in improvements.
Speaking...