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Texas cities receive FRA $80m in rail grants to reduce train-vehicle collisions and blocked railroad crossings

January 10th, 2025
January 10, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that it has awarded more than $1.1 billion in Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program funding to 123 rail projects, improving or studying more...

TRA shows support for TxDOT Exceptional Items for rail in 2025 budget request

January 5th, 2025
January 5, 2025 - TRA Newswire -When Texas lawmakers convene in Austin for the 89th Legislative Session Tuesday, January 14 they will be receiving several oversize postcards from Texas Rail Advocates. One will deal with bills and resolution for linking...

Texas Legislature 2025: Will this be the year intercity passenger rail, high-speed or conventional, takes off in Texas?

January 1st, 2025
January 1, 2025 - TRA Commentary - It's not for a lack of trying. It's been fits and starts for over several decades when it comes to high-speed rail in Texas. And frankly, it hasn't been much better for the expansion of...

North Texas leaders seek funds to expand, improve rail transportation infrastructure

December 27th, 2024
December 23, 2024 - FortWorthReport.org, Eric E. Garcia - North Texas leaders seek funds to improve transportation infrastructure as the 89th Texas Legislature prepares to meet Jan. 14.The Regional Transportation Council, an independent policy group made up of elected and appointed...

Blocked crossings in Houston: Bill filed again in Texas House to limit train length

December 25th, 2024
December 26, 2024 - TRA Newswire -For the second session in a row Representative Ana Hernandez (District-143) has filed a bill in the Texas House to limit the length of trains that run through her district. The lawmaker cites that...

Texas Senator Eckhardt files bill for high speed rail in the I-35 DFW-Austin-San Antonio Corridor

November 25th, 2024
November 25, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Right on the heels of Texas Representative John Bucy III's pre-filed bill that would bring high-speed rail to the I-35 travel corridor, State Senator Sarah Eckhardt (D) Austin,  filed Senate Bill 424 as a...

USDOT awards $80 million grant for Fort Worth Alliance Smart Port: includes massive BNSF intermodal depot

October 24th, 2024
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...

TRA testimony: Texas House Transportation Committee hears rail needs at interim hearing

October 16th, 2024
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...

Transpo Commission approves budget with three rail asks; State Rep Dutton asks for help for NETEX short line railroad

August 22nd, 2024
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...

Taking a lot of baby steps' What is the future of passenger rail in Texas?

August 3rd, 2024
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...

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