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2011 Texas Legislation Tracker

HB1112 Regional mobility authority HB116 Abolish TransComm HB1276 Impose fee on Rail Relo HB173 RRComm name change HB1750 Rolling stock HB1920 Planning & funding HB2016 Rapid transit tax use HB2016 Use of tax revenue HB2032 CDA's HB205 Sales & use tax HB2064 Disabilities study HB2074 Fuel tax exemption HB2195 RTA bids HB2223 RTA bids HB2289 Right-of-way HB2325 RTA bids HB2327 RTA bids HB2571 Reinvestment zones HB2675 TxDOT Sunset HB279 Eminent domain HB2881 Public transp financing HB3030 Commuter rail projects HB3032 Rail Relo fees HB3092 Local option HB315 Eminent domain HB355 Fee on railcars HB3734 CDA's HB3755 Rapid transit management HB377 Rail relo fund HB3771 HSR safety standards HB3792 Transit sales & use tax HB423 Transit district powers HB557 Freight rail districts HB578 Financing public transport HJR125 Rail property tax HJR131 Rail amendment!SB1017 TxDOT CDA's SB1018 Max Fed Transp Funds SB1394 HSR safety standards SB1578 Adding freight rail dist SB1611 Commuter rail funding SB1678 Freight rail districts SB1762 Financing public transp SB236 Eminent domain SB581 Regional mobility authority SB650 Rapid transit mgmt SB668 RR Commission name change SB668 RRComm name change

Air-Rail Links

Atlanta Airport/rail link Bob Hope (Burbank) Airport/Rail Boston Logan Air / Rail link Chicago airports/rail links Cleveland Airport / rail link DC & Baltimore Airports/Rail connections DFW Airport/TRE connection JFK (NY) airport / rail links Love Field/DART connection Miami Airport / TRI-Rail link Milwaukee/Amtrak connection Minneapolis-St Paul Air/Rail link Newark Airport/Amtrak connection Oakland CA Airport/rail link Philadelphia Airport / Rail link Portland OR Airport / Rail link San Francisco Airport / rail link Sea-Tac Airport / rail link

Amtrak

Board of Directors Heartland Flyer #821 #822 Home Page Inside Amtrak News & Media Sunset Limited #1 #2 Texas Eagle #21-421 #22-422

Civil Engineering Schools - Rail

Illinois Cntr for Transportation Michigan Technological University University of Kentucky

Model Railroading

Cyberspace World Railroad N Texas Council of Railroad Clubs Texas Western Model Railroad Club

New Rail Initiatives

Cotton Belt Funding Plan DART Transit Oriented Development DFW-Houston 150MPH service Texas Rail Plan - TxDOT TTI Rail Relocation Studies TxDOT Tiger II Grant Applications Worldwide HighSpeed Transportation

Passenger Rail Operators

Assoc Indy Passenger Rail Operators Herzog Transit Keolis Veolia

Rail Advocacy Groups

American Short Line & Regional Railroad Assoc APTA Arkansas Assoc of Rail Passengers Assoc of American Railroads Bike Texas Central Tx - Alliance for Public Transportation Community Transportation Assoc East Texas Corridor Council GO21 Great American Stations Heartland Flyer Coalition International Air-Rail Light Rail Now Midwest High Speed Rail Assoc National Corridors Initiatives Natl Assoc of Railroad Passengers Northern Flyer Oklahoma Rail OneRail Coalition Railroad Passenger Car Alliance Railroad Supply Institute Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor Southern HSR Commission Southwest Assoc of Rail Shippers States for Passenger Rail Coalition Steel Interstate Coalition TEMPO Texas Shortline & Regional Railroad Assoc TexasEagle.com Transportation Advocates of Texas Triangle Rail Holding Tx Assoc of Rail Passengers Tx High Speed Rail & Transport Corp United Rail Various Rail Advocacy Groups

Rail History

Galveston Railroad Museum Interurban Railway Museum - Plano MKT Katy Lines Museum of the American Railroad Railroad Picture Archives San Angelo Rail Museum Texas Electric Railway Texas Pacific Railway Texas Railroad History Texas Railroad Museums Texas Railroads Texas Transportation Museum

Rail Naysayers & NIMBY's

Case Against Rail Transit - Randal O'Toole Flawed Urban Rail Arguments Liquidate Amtrak - Joseph Vranich Mark Whittington Randal O'Toole on Light Rail Rep. Thornberry on Amtrak Sleeper Service Robert J. Samuelson-Newsweek Trying to Derail DART

Railroad Companies

Amtrak Angelina & Neches River Railroad Austin Western Railroad Blacklands Railroad BNSF Railway CSX Dallas Garland Northeastern Fort Worth & Western Herzog Companies Iowa Pacific Holdings KCS Kiamichi Railroad Norfolk Southern Panhandle Northern Railway Permian Basin Railways Point Comfort & Northern Railway Rockdale, Sandow & Southern Texas Alliance of Rail Districts Texas Northeastern Railroad Texas Pacifico Texas-New Mexico Railroad Timber Rock Railroad Trinity Railway Express Tx Short Line & Regional Railroad Association Union Pacific Veolia Transportation West Texas & Lubbock Railway Wichita, Jackson & Tillman Railway

Railroad Employment

BNSF Railway KCS Rail Serve Union Pacific Railroad

Railroad Legislation

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)Enacted Federal Legislation - FRA Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA)Rail Relo - Prop 1 background Rail Relocation and Improvement Fund SB 1382 - Texas Passenger Rail System

Railroad Publications

Progressive Railroading Railway Age Railway Track & Structures Trains

Railroad Stocks

ARII - American Railcar CNI - Canadian National CP - Canadian Pacific CSX - CSX Corporation KSU - Kansas City Southern NSC - Norfolk Southern RA - Rail America TRN - Trinity Industries UNP - Union Pacific

Railroad Terminology

Union Pacific Railroad Terms Glossary Wiki Railroad Terminology

Railroad Unions

Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Maintenance of Way Employees Railroad Signalmen Texas Board - BLET Transportation Workers Union United Transportation Union

Regional Transportation Agencies

Alamo Area Council of Govt Austin Urban Rail Plan Capitol Area MPO East Texas Council of Governments El Paso MPO Gulf Coast Freight Rail District Houston-Galveston Area Council N Central Texas Council of Governments NETEX - Northeast Tx Rural Rail Dist

Southwestern Rail Conference

2011 Conference - 7th Annual 2012 Conference - 8th Annual

Sponsors

AUI Contractors BNSF Railway Dallas Terminal Railway Fort Worth Western Railroad HDR Iowa Pacific Holdings Terracon US-Japan High Speed Rail

State Transportation Agencies

California Division of Rail Illinois Bureau of Railroads Kentucky Rail Program New Mexico Transit & Rail Division New York State DOT Rail North Carolina Rail Division ODOT Rail Programs Division Ohio Rail Development Corp Oregon Rail Division Texas Transportation Commission TxDOT Multi-Modal TxDOT Rail Division Vermont Rail Section Virginia Dept of Rail & Public Transportation Washington State Rail

Texas Freight Rail Ports

UT Study on Ports and Rail

Tourist Railroads

Austin Steam Train Jefferson Tx Railway Longhorn & Western Railroad Tarantual Train (Grapevine-Ft Worth)Texas State Railroad (Rusk-Palestine)

Train Books & Videos

Rail Serve - Books Rail Serve - Videos

Transit Agencies

Abilene CityLink Amarillo Transit Department Austin CapMetro Beaumont Transit Brownsville Urban System Bryan-College Station Corpus Christi Regional DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)DCTA (Denton County "A" Train)El Paso Sun Metro Fort Worth T Galveston Island Houston / Harris County Metro Lone Star Rail (Austin-San Antonio)Longview Transit Lubbock Transit Authority McAllen Express Transit Midland-Odessa Transit San Antonio VIA South East Texas Transit Texarkana Urban Transit Trinity Railway Express Tyler Transit Waco Transit

Transit Oriented Development

Austin Carrollton Dallas - DART Houston Irving

Transportation Blogs

Austin American-Statesman Dallas Morning News Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Transportation Think Tanks

Center for Transportation Research at UT Transportation Research Board TTI - Texas Transportation Institute at A&M