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...
Fri, Nov. 07, 2008 Print - GORDON DICKSON Fort Worth Star-Telegram ARLINGTON — North Texas officials say it's crucial that they speak with a unified voice...
This link takes you to an amazingly indepth story in the San Antonio Express-News that compares Portland, Oregon's light rail system to the lack of rail...
Toyota is ahead of schedule by Fred Afflerbach | Business Writer - Temple Daily Telegram Published: November 13, 2008 "A tremendous amount of work in a short...
Passenger trains on track, gaining favor with Congress, public By Joan Lowy | ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunday, November 02, 2008 WASHINGTON - After half a century as...
Posted on Thu, Nov. 20 200 By GORDON DICKSON - Fort Worth Star-Telegram America's transportation needs — roads, Amtrak and even futuristic high-speed rail...
Austin Business Journal - Thursday, November 20, 2008 The city of Austin today approved a resolution requesting that the Texas legislature and governor...
Friday, November 21, 2008 Dallas Morning News Watching North Texas transportation officials shape a proposal for building out rail transit has been like...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 by Lee McGuire / KHOU-11 News HOUSTON -- After years of complaints that it was underfunded, a federal stimulus package might bail...
COMMENTARY Austin-American Statesman Texas highways were once the pride of the state — and justifiably so. Our extensive infrastructure allowed generations...
On Friday evening November 28, 2008 Lee Cullum of Kera Channel 13 Television interviewed BNSF Railway Chairman and CEO Matt Rose on the program CEO. Go to the...