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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...
Time to get Texas on track: Start with the critical Austin-San Antonio rail segment
March 18th, 2025
March 18, 2025 - TRA Commentary -It's not going to get any easier to drive from north of Austin to south of San Antonio, and in between the next decade is going to be a nightmare of construction, delays and...
Getting the jump on the Texas legislature: Rep Bucy pre-files two bills on passenger rail
November 13th, 2024
November 13, 2024 - TRA Newswire -On the first day that you could file bills for the uncoming Texas legislative session, Williamson County State Representative John Bucy III got a head start on the usual blitz of bills that occur.One...
Texas, Mexican officials rally for Austin to Monterrey rail project
October 7th, 2024
October 7, 2024 - Cristela Jones, MySA.com - Imagine a world in which San Antonians wouldn't have to drive on I-35 to Austin. A world where travelers wouldn't have to take a bus or carpool to visit family or friends in Mexico.That's...