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North Tx Regional Transportation Council's Transit 2.0 agenda to be set in October; mulling high speed rail and funding options

September 18th, 2024
September 18, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The Regional Transportation Council (RTC) of the North Central Texas Council of Governments will decide, at their October monthly meeting, what proposals to push forward in the 2025 state legislative session from their innovative...

Wake up! High-speed rail Dallas to Houston: it's still moving along

September 1st, 2024
September 1, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Despite some naysayers saying that the high-speed rail project between Dallas and Houston is DOA and others trying their best to kill it, there is still slow but steady movement on this critical infrastructure...

Full speed ahead: How federal and Texas leaders can keep building on passenger rail progress

August 9th, 2024
August 9, 2024 - TRA and Transportation for America Commentary -Recent passenger rail efforts in the Gulf Coast demonstrated tireless commitment to federal advocacy, state partnerships, funding development, and ultimately service implementation. But if our leaders are truly interested in...

There are TWO paths forward for a high-speed rail link in downtown Dallas, one around and one within

August 8th, 2024
August 8, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The Regional Transportation Council of the North Central Texas Council of Governments will move ahead on two different plans at the same time for a high-speed rail connection in Dallas, while some sorting out...

Transportation Secretary Buttigieg on Texas high-speed rail: looks forward to progress on Dallas-Houston line

June 29th, 2024
May 29, 2024 - TRA Newswire - During a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on Thursday in Washington, Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) questioned Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about high-speed rail in Texas.Allred asked the secretary how serious he and...

Texas conventional and high-speed rail advocates rally for funding ahead of legislative session

June 17th, 2024
June 16, 2024 - Donnie Tuggle, KBTX.com - Rail advocates in Texas are ramping up efforts to secure funding for both high-speed and conventional rail projects as the next legislative session approaches in January. This week, the Rail Passenger Association and...

Dallas City Council fumbles on high-speed rail downtown path while everyone else moves forward

June 13th, 2024
May 13, 2024 - TRA Newswire -In a surprise move, the Dallas City Council voted 14-0 this week against plans for an elevated high-speed rail line on the western fringe of downtown, throwing a time-consuming monkey wrench into a long-sought-after...

Research to reality? UT-Austin students look into passenger high-speed rail in Texas

June 8th, 2024
June 7, 2024 - KXAN.com -A group of graduate students at the University of Texas at Austin have spent the last year researching the viability of high-speed rail in Texas.KXAN Traffic Anchor Erica Brennes met with one of those students...

Drumbeat for rail in Texas continues: Rep. Allred meets with Japanese Minister on Dallas-Houston bullet train

May 10th, 2024
May 10, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Ever since Amtrak's Senior VP for High-Speed Rail, Andy Byford, spoke at the Southwestern Rail Conference last month and indicated the company is interested in the work that Texas Central had completed to date...

North Central Texas COG's Dan Lamers at Southwestern Rail Conference: High-speed rail will eventually be here

April 25th, 2024
April 25, 2024 - TRA Newswire -"High-speed rail is on everybody's mind, the next frontier in transportation", in the words of Dan Lamers, Senior Program Manager at the North Central Texas Council of Governments. "I know there are some people...

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