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Harris County is casting its eye on five additional corridors to study for potential commuter rail lines.
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Texas Transportation Commission meeting as it related to public transportation:
FTA Sec. 5311 Rural:
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WASHINGTON — After protesting the administration’s limits, the House Transportation Committee on Wednesday approved a slimmed-down spending bill that would funnel $275 billion into highway and mass transit projects over the next six years.

The legislation sent to the full House by voice vote was $100 billion under what committee Chairman Don Young, R-Alaska, and most on the panel said was needed to deal with the nation’s congested, unsafe and deteriorating transit systems.
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Promises made; promises broken? Read this editorial from Houston on funding passenger rail in the city.
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The Houston-Galveston Area Council held its first public meeting on the 2025 Regional Transportation Plan and accompanying 100% Solution Plan. The draft document identifies transportation deficiencies over the next two decades, both those that can be paid for with existing revenue and $18 billion in projects that would need a fresh source of cash.
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The Trinity Railway Express (TRE) commuter rail service set ridership
records last week. The week total of 58,074 passenger boardings was a
record and included a record weekday high of 11,206 on Friday, March 19.
The previous weekday high of 10,823 was set on March 13, 2003. The
58,074 boardings compares to 55,201 during the same week a year ago, a
5% increase.

” New riders are being drawn to the Trinity Railway Express because of
the comfort and speed it offers traveling to and from the Fort Worth and
Dallas areas,” said Pete Sklannik, Jr. the TRE’s Chief Operating
Officer. “We attribute last week’s strong ridership to great weather
during spring break. In addition to our regular commuter passengers, we
saw many families with children and also had good ridership for the
Stars and Mavs Game trains.”

For TRE schedule information or to order a TRE destinations deals guide
please visit www.trinityrailwayexpress.org.
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