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LA Metro Encourages Public Input on NextGen Bus Study; Launches New Online Interactive Engagement To

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has launched a new online interactive engagement tool to gather more public...

CA: SMART Toots its Horn After First Full Year of Service

Aug. 17--For the past year, county residents have been able to climb aboard commuter trains for the first time in decades, and many are...

Hyperloop or high-speed rail: Which will whoosh through Texas first?

North Texas planners are getting serious about deploying a technology known as Hyperloopthat promises to whisk riders from Dallas to Fort...

Automobiles, planes, and—oh yes—trains

Passenger trains don’t operate in a vacuum. They compete for business against air and motor vehicles. The results of the competition are...

Sturges named deputy FRA administrator

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao yesterday announced that Mathew Sturges has been appointed deputy administrator of the Federal...

Letter to the editor: Using farm land for high-speed rail

April 3,2018- A special thank you to the Telegram for printing the March 6 comprehensive article regarding the proposed high speed train...

Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail plan will make Texas' I-35 corridor a loser, competitor says

One of the world's largest train operators says that its proposal of a passenger rail network that includes the Interstate 35 corridor...