January 30, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Texas State Representative Terry Canales, who serves as Chair of the House Committee on Transportation Funding, called for state lawmakers to make investments to move more people and goods by rail. Canales remarks were made...

January 30, 2026 - TRA Newswire -How to connect the growing Rio Grande Valley into future intercity passenger rail corridors was the aim of the RGV International Rail Conference held in Mission, Texas this week.Former Mission Mayor Dr. Armando Ocana,...

October 1, 2025 - riograndeguardian.com -MISSION, Texas - A group called RGV Rail Advocacy held an info share Sept. 30 at the Mission Events Conference Center. The 501(c)(3) non-profit provided an open free space for RGV citizens to learn about...

August 5, 2024 - TRA Newswire - Travis County Judge Andy Brown, who earlier this year vowed to bring passenger rail service to the public between Austin, San Antonio and beyond, chaired a live and virtual meeting in the Rio Grande...

June 27, 2024 - A regional transit authority boosts the economy, says Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council Executive Director Manuel Cruz. People have more mobility. It is easier for them to get to work, visit the doctor, go to college,...

December 8, 2019 - riograndguardian.com - EDINBURG, RGV – The chairman of the Texas House Committee on Transportation says cities in the Rio Grande Valley should form a coalition to ensure their voices are heard as a new border transportation master...

May 27, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law House Bill 71 that creates a regional transit authority (RTA) in the Rio Grande Valley. The bill, authored by Texas Representative Armando "Mando" Martinez (Weslaco), creates a regional...

March 3, 2019 - RioGrandeGuardian.com  - House Bill 71 would model a regional transit authority for the Valley based on the DART system in Dallas.   Two transportation leaders from South Texas have testified at the state Capitol on a bill to establish...

Updated to March 4, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Amidst an onslaught of bills filed by rural legislators intent on killing high-speed rail in Texas, there is a smattering of positive freight and passenger rail bills filed this session in Austin. Rep....

November 11, 2018 - riograndeguardian.com - WESLACO, RGV – State Rep. Armando Martinez says he is building support for legislation that could lead to light rail coming to the Rio Grande Valley. The Weslaco Democrat’s bill, setting up a regional transit authority,...