The Associated Press September 1, 2008 TEXARKANA — The company selected to design the proposed Interstate 69 route across Texas says an air rail freight...
But no regional provider and funding obstacles make getting it there difficult By RAD SALLEE Houston Chronicle A perfect storm of rising fuel prices and rapid...
Posted on Wed, Sep. 03, 2008 Fort Worth Star-Telegram Editorial: North Texas officials hope to move money around to meet transportation needs An innovative $80...
By CHRISTOPHER CONKEY, ANDY PASZTOR , ALEX ROTH and PETER SANDERS Wall Street Journal 9-16-08 (note: last paragraph on BNSF testing Electronic Train Management...
Mayors: Transportation critical to rural economy By Chris Ramirez | MORRIS NEWS SERVICE / LubbockOnline.com Friday, September 19, 2008 (note: reviving...
Norman Oklahoma Transcript Staff (9-19-08) Officials from cities along Oklahoma's Heartland Flyer route were presented with ceremonial signs of newly installed...
Rail chief says freight should get top priority David Hendricks - San Antonio Express-News (9-20-08) LAREDO — Twenty-five people died last weekend when a...
Dallas-Fort Worth gaining prominence as logistics hub, study says Steve Brown - Dallas Morning News (9-19-2008) With its midcountry location and abundance of...
Keep Texas Moving (TxDot e-mail publication) In the wake of the recent train crash that killed 25 people in Los Angeles, the U.S. House of Representatives last...
FRA Issues Six Grants For Trackwork, Rresearch The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded six grants totaling more than $3.5 million to help fund...
Hope rises for fast Little Rock-Memphis rail-rider service BY NOEL E. OMAN Posted on Monday, October 6, 2008 A study to assess the feasibility of high-speed...
STAR-TELEGRAM EDITORIAL/STEWART F. HOUSE/October 6 2008 The announcement that the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) will increase service on its popular Fort...
By Ben Wear AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Monday, October 06, 2008 Do you remember when Central Texas didn't have toll roads, way back in early 2006, and how...
FORT WORTH, TX, Oct 08, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- BNSF Railway today announced that it is prepared to implement Positive Train Control (PTC) technology...
Colony Courier-Leader From staff reports Wednesday, October 8, 2008 The Denton County Transportation Authority is moving closer toward construction of its...
Sonny Long - Victoria Advocate October 07, 2008 WHARTON – A transfer station and industrial park being built by Kansas City Southern Railroad Co. and...
Summary from "This Week at Amtrak" United Rail Passenger Alliance, Inc. www.unitedrail.org H.R. 2095, THE RAIL SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2008 DIVISION A –...
Written by John D. Cowman, mayor of Leander Monday, 20 October 2008 Austin American-Statesman Editor's note: The following text is City of Leander Mayor John ...
By GORDON DICKSON Fort Worth Star-Telegram.com October 25, 2008 DALLAS — Americans are still driving less despite falling gas prices, Transportation...
http://www.wfaa.com/video/index.html?nvid=297772 This news report talks about DART ridership being up and also not being effected by the recent reductions in...
ASK THE MAYOR MAYOR PHILLIP SPENRATH ElCampo Leader-News 10-29-2008 A memorandum of understanding (MOU) is a document describing a bilateral agreement between...
10/30/2008 Congressional Hearing Rail Associations Call on Congress to Include Transportation Funds in Economic Stimulus Package Yesterday, the House...
Linda Young - AHN Editor / October 29, 2008 Marshall, TX (AHN) - Even commissioners in a small northeastern Texas county along the Louisiana border have hopped...
By Jon Hilkevitch | Chicago Tribune reporter | October 28, 2008 More than a year after a breakthrough deal was reached to help Amtrak trains operate on...
The Associated Press Oct. 31, 2008 OKLAHOMA CITY — Ridership on Amtrak's Heartland Flyer passenger train is up again. Final figures for the fiscal year that...
Jim Grimes, The33 News = November 7, 2008 Smog not only pollutes our air but it could jeopardize federal transportation funding. On Thursday afternoon...
San Antonio Express-News, November 7, 2008 VIA officials made the right call to conduct a study before launching a bus rapid transit plan. If the rapid transit...