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...
Progressive Railroading Magazine (12-3-08) - Earlier this week, the Denton County Commissioners Court passed a resolution supporting efforts to obtain state...
KDOT agree on scope of rail study Service from Kansas City to Oklahoma City/Fort Worth Newton Kansan Posted Dec 05, 2008 @ 11:18 AM TOPEKA and CHICAGO — The...
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec 04, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Texas Rail Relocation and Improvement Association, a coalition of transportation advocates, on Dec....
12/17/2008 Progressive Railroading Magazine Yesterday, the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission — which is charged by the state to review government policies and...
Canadian High Speed Rail Symposium Organized High Speed Rail Canada has invited representatives from industry, government and the media for a one day symposium...
Sandra Cason, Marshall News Messenger Friday, December 19, 2008 Spurred on by the good news of increased rail ridership, Marshall Depot Inc. officials...
BY GARY FICKES, Tarrant County Commissioner for Precinct 3 and secretary of the Texas High Speed Rail and Transportation Corporation (THSRTC). November 24,...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - Houston Business Journal Texas will be part of a federal program to create high-speed passenger train service, according to the...
Am I reading this right - there will still be no rail link between Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth or between Houston and San Antonio? This seems strange for 3...
Of the 11 Federally designated corridors, only the Gulf Coast corridor from New Orleans goes to Houston. Yes, the failure to connect Houston via these...
Leadership vacuum lefts TxDOT in turmoil, Capital Metro turned a corner with rail. Monday, December 22, 2008. Ben Wear - Austin American-Statesman The year in...
Ben Wear - Austin American-Statesman Monday, December 08, 2008 Transportation wasn't supposed to be a big deal during the 2007 Texas legislative session. Then...
By MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER / The Dallas Morning News 12/25/08 Could high-speed trains be back in Texas' future? Visions of bullet trains – like the ones that...
Austin Business Journal Senate Bill 383, which would deposit $200 million per year from motor vehicle sales-and-use taxes into the Texas Rail Relocation and ...
By Paul A. Anthony GoSanAngelo.com Sunday, January 11, 2009 On the often-bumpy road through the 140-day legislative session, the focus this year will be on the...