October 6, 2024 - TRA Newswire -At the September Texas Senate Transportation Committee's interim hearing, Committee Chairman Robert Nichols, (R) - Jacksonville, raised concern that Texas isn't putting enough money into solving the issue of separating trains from traffic at...

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...

April 29, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The Chairman of the Texas House Transportation Committee, Representative Terry Canales, said we can not pave enough highways and add enough lanes through our current financing structures to meet the demands of a Texas...

February 4, 2024 - TRA Commentary and Analysis - Here's the billion dollar question. Can TxDOT, the Texas Transportation Commission and our state lawmakers get on the same page to receive a chunk of $66 billion in guaranteed federal rail grants,...

November 1, 2023 - TRA Newswire -20 million Americans that travel by train could see extreme cuts to Amtrak intercity rail service if the U.S. House follows through this week on a partisan plan to cut funding for passenger trains...

July 11, 2023 - sacurrent.com - The governor of the Mexico's state of Nuevo Leon is asking the Texas Department of Transportation to consider building high-speed rail connection between San Antonio and Monterrey, according to a letter posted online.In the letter July...

July 4, 2023 - TRA Commentary - Now that $700,000 in emergency funding is in place from the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), the Amtrak Heartland Flyer won't have to cut train service during the busy summer peak season. While...

June 10, 2023 - JacksonvilleProgress.com - State Senator Robert Nichols (R – Jacksonville) and State Representative Cody Harris (R – Palestine) secured $10 million through House Bill 1, the General Appropriations Act, for the Texas State Railroad.“The Texas State Railroad is...

Updated April 22, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The days are dwindling down for the 88th Texas legislative session and there has been nary a dollar set aside yet for state rail funding so Texas can compete for the billions in...

December 24, 2022 - APTA.com -The American Public Transportation Association reports that House and Senate Appropriations Committee Leaders included  $21.2 billion for public transit and $16.6 billion for passenger and freight rail in H.R. 2617, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023....