A high-speed rail line in China offers a glimpse of what could be possible in Texas. As Travis County Judge Andy Brown runs ...

Stephen Mattingly, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, explains in this interview why high-speed rail projects in much of the country so often go off track.

Plans for a high-speed rail line linking Dallas and Houston in Texas have received a boost after it emerged Amtrack, the company behind the project, has begun the procurement process to select a ...

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Stephen Mattingly, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at ...

Ethan Oliver is a 22-year old from Pottsboro, a Texas town of fewer than 3,000 near the Oklahoma border. The nearest Amtrak station is a 90-minute drive away, in Dallas. That didn’t stop him and four ...

High-speed rail systems are found all over the globe. Japan’s bullet train began operating in 1964. China will have 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers) of high-speed track by the end of 2025. The fastest ...