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N TX Council of Governments to launch video to support Heartland Flyer; agency looks at future intercity trains
February 5th, 2026
February 5, 2026 - TRA Newswire -The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) knows that the future of travel in a growing state like ours needs intercity rail as a transportation choice and it's important not to take a...
TRA urges Texas lawmakers to add TxDOT's statewide transit plan to their interim hearings
January 16th, 2026
January 16, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Texas lawmakers will hold what they call 'Interim Charge Hearings' in the upcoming months, to review legislation that passed during the 2025 session and determine what should be studied leading into the next gathering...
Travis County Judge Andy Brown says "you want trains, I want to give 'em to you"
December 9th, 2025
December 9, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The top county administrator that encompasses Texas' capital city, Travis County Judge Andy Brown, wants to see traffic relief on the I-35 travel corridor between Austin and San Antonio and is leading the charge...
Eye Opener: TxDOT unveils first ever Statewide Multimodal Transit Plan for urban, rural and intercity corridors
October 20th, 2025
October 20, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The Texas Department of Transportation said it best in one sentence."Transit in Texas is at a crossroads."In the first ever comprehensive study of urban, rural and intercity travel corridors to move Texans without stepping...
'Huge opportunity': Transit leaders keep up push for S.A-to-Austin rail
October 7th, 2025
October 6, 2025 - San Antonio Express-News, Richard Webner, Transportation Writer -During a presentation over the weekend, Caroline Mays, a senior director at the Texas Department of Transportation, displayed three maps not of the state's highways - the agency's usual...
TxDOT is studying the Austin-San Antonio corridor for passenger rail service
October 5th, 2025
October 5, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The Texas Department of Transportation is taking a closer look at potential intercity passenger rail service in the heavily congested I-35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio.Caroilne Mays, Senior Director of Planning and Modal...
$5 Billion to be awarded: Could California's billions in fed high-speed rail money pulled back now be Texas' gain?
September 23rd, 2025
September 21, 2025 - TRA Newswire -States and rail entities will soon be scrambling to apply for over $5 billion that the Federal Railroad Administration just announced will be designated for intercity passenger rail projects, including safer at-grade rail crossings. In...
Do state talks signal new hope for S.A. to Austin commuter rail?
August 20th, 2025
August 19, 2025 - San Antonio Express-News, Richard Webner - Passenger rail has long been a subject of indifference, if not scorn, amidst the Republican political leadership of Texas, a state that has come to identify itself with super-tall highways and...
Texas Streets Coalition adds Intercity Passenger Rail to their vision plan for 2027 state legislature, TRA to play a part
July 21st, 2025
July 21, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Getting a head start on the 2027 Texas legislative session, leaders of grass-roots and non-profit organizations met in Houston earlier this month and have set their sights on making a statewide Intercity Passenger Rail...
New Gulf Coast intercity passenger service starts this summer, it's called the Mardi Gras train
April 25th, 2025
April 25, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Agreements have been reached for new twice-daily Amtrak intercity train service along the Mississippi Gulf Coast between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala. Starting this summer, the new state-sponsored Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will offer convenient morning...