October 24, 2024 - TRA Newswire -In partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the City of Fort Worth and the City of Haslet, the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) and Hillwood, a Perot Company, $80 million...

October 10, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Speaking at the Texas House Committee on Transportation's Interim Hearing in Austin, Texas Rail Advocates President Peter LeCody stressed the need for support of "exceptional rail items" in the TxDOT budget when lawmakers return...

August 22, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The Texas Transportation Commission put its blessing on the Texas Department of Transportation's Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget request Thursday, now sending the lengthy document over to Governor Greg Abbott's desk for review before it...

July 31, 2024 - KVUE.com - People are continuing to move to Texas at an incredibly high rate.In a new report, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) says the state's population could exceed 40 million by 2050. While more people and businesses...

July 18, 2024 - TRA Commentary -Sitting in traffic more than usual? You bet you are. And it's only going to get worse.The economic cost of traffic congestion in Texas' major cities continued to climb last year, according to a...

July 15, 2024 - TRA Newswire -To help keep a thriving Texas economy moving, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is drafting a record-breaking 10-year transportation plan, and the public is invited to weigh in on potential projects in communities...

May 29, 2024 - TRA Austin Newswire -At the Texas Transportation Commission meeting in Austin on Thursday,  Commissioners heard an update to the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Legislative Appropriations Request, which is the amount of funding TxDOT will request from the upcoming...

May 30, 2024 - TRA Newswire -With an assist from extensive public input, TxDOT is crafting a statewide, long-range transportation plan to meet the transportation needs of Texas for the next 25 years. That includes making urban, regional and intercity...

May 10, 2024 - TRA Newswire -In 2023, Texans traveled more than 4 million miles each day using public transit. That number includes buses, light rail, regional rail,  intercity passenger rail and yes, even on public ferries. As our state’s...

April 24, 2024 - TRA Newswire - Texas Department of Transportation Rail Division Director Jeff Davis, speaking at the Southwestern Rail Conference, said that the agency applied for three Federal Railroad Administration Corridor Identification programs to advance passenger rail in the...