TRANSPORTATION NEWS: Austin, Texas
By Subcontractors USA News Provider Downtown Station Now Open! Capital Metro has built a place that both serves their MetroRail customers and provides a grand welcome to downtown. Downtown Station creates a great public plaza that ties together transit, the Convention Center and surrounding hotels and businesses. A Mobility Hub The new Downtown Station and…
Houston Transportation News: METRO Is Committed To Clean, Safe Rides
Subcontractors USA News Provider Through collaborative relations and innovative approaches, The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) will be an industry leader in delivering timely and efficient service that is transformative by providing multi-modal interactions for communities to connect to everyday work and life opportunities. METRO’s mission is to provide safe, clean, reliable, accessible…
Dallas Transportation News
DART Board of Directors Hires David Leininger as Interim President/Executive Director By Subcontractors USA News Provider At a special called meeting on November 20, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board of Directors selected David Leininger to serve as DART’s Interim President/Executive Director. This appointment follows Gary Thomas’ recent decision to retire from DART after almost…
Bush Airport’s Expansion Program Moves Forward
By Subcontractors USA News Provider In spite of the unprecedented air travel challenges fueled by the coronavirus pandemic, it’s an exciting time at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, IAH. Construction on the IAH Terminal Redevelopment Program, ITRP, is moving forward. ITRP is a billion-dollar, multi-year expansion program that will upgrade and modernize several areas of George…
Texas Transportation News
By Subcontractors USA News Provider DALLAS: DART Brings GoLink On-Demand Service to Irving and Garland Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) brings GoLink, the personalized, curb-to-curb service that serves riders on-demand in zones across North Texas, beginning last month, to Southeast Garland and South Irving. The on-demand service is already available in Farmers Branch, Far North…
Kerrick Henny Joins Port Houston Leadership Team, Named Chief Government and Public Relations Officer
By Subcontractors USA News Provider Port Houston’s Executive Director, Roger Guenther, has officially announced the appointment of Kerrick Henny as the new Chief Government & Public Relations Officer. In this newly-created role, Henny reports directly to the Executive Director. Henny has responsibility for all government relations, media, and public communications strategies and activities. In the…
Texas Central Railroad Reaches Two Historic Milestones
Completion of key regulatory processes makes the Nation’s first high-speed train ready to go Texas Central News The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has released the final Rule of Particular Applicability (RPA) and the Record of Decision (ROD) for Texas Central Railroad, LLC, marking a major achievement for the historic high-speed rail…
PORT HOUSTON CHAIRMAN DELIVERS STATE OF THE PORT
The Port Remains Strong, Looks Ahead to Future, Diversity and Inclusion Priorities Port Houston News Port Houston Chairman Ric Campo delivered the State of the Port to the Greater Houston Partnership earlier this month. In his address, he said the entire port complex continues to be a strong force for the Houston region, the state,…
DART Rail Generates $10.27 Billion Near Rail Stations
A new study looking at construction near Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) light rail stations shows just how productive and important it is to the overall North Texas economy, generating billions of dollars in revenue, taxes and jobs. Researchers from the Economics Research Group at the University of North Texas (UNT), led by Michael Carroll,…
VIA Board Takes Action to Address Opportunity Gap Caused by Underfunding
The VIA Board of Trustees took action Tuesday to create a path toward addressing VIA’s history of underfunding and redesign the regional transit system for a post-COVID-19 future. Advanced Transportation District Board members, who also serve as the VIA Board, agreed to table the notice to the City of San Antonio and Bexar County of…
Environmental Impact Statement Advances Texas High-Speed Train Project
On May 29, 2020, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Texas High-Speed Train project, a regulatory milestone that ensures the state-of-the-art system will be built in a way that minimizes impacts to landowners and the environment along the 240-mile alignment. The release of this more than 10,000-page…
Port Houston Successfully Managing through Pandemic – Keeping People First
Standing for Social Justice, Economic Equality, Community Partnerships The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met in virtual session Tuesday for its regular monthly meeting. Port Chairman Ric Campo opened his remarks by declaring that events surrounding the pandemic and social injustice were a “wake up call,” and committed Port Houston to “double…
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