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High Speed Rail from FW-Austin..? Also, a 2nd stop for the Dallas-Houston Line in B/CS







http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/b...-rail-could-expand-to-austin-san-antonio.html

Needs to be as close to Home to destination air trip as possible.

 

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This is exactly what I was afraid of.

 

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If you were referring to towns that have less than 50,000 people then I would agree but College Station and Waco are sizable enough to be served by HSR. Many HSR lines in Europe serve small cities as well in addition to Acela in the Northeast which stops in cities such Wilmington and New Haven in addition to DC and NYC.

the promise of this and the attraction is the speed of service because of the huge air travel industry in the US. The Texas cities aren't nearly as urban as the NE cities so there is even less of an attraction. This needs to be a quick trip if they are going to spend billions on it. Let the other stuff come much later.

 

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I-10 and Beltway 8

 

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DART light rail most certainly needs a facade face lift for their trains. The white and yellow paint scheme is just god awful. Badly needs an update.

maybe an update to the Oak Cliff streetcar livery. Would rather them stay unique than some generic red/white/blue

 

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I've long wondered why nobody seems to be calling for a rail line through Arlington. Additional stations at the Rangers' ballpark, Six Flags,and Lone Star Park complex could make it a heavily used line, especially if it connects to both, Dallas and Fort Worth.

because Arlington votes down every proposal and keeps their tax money going to other things.

 

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They have had a vote to join DART. They have also voted down their own proposals twice. Not sure if they have turned down any joint systems with the Fort Worth T.

 

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Report: Trump's infrastructure priorities include two big Texas projects

what happened to privately funded?

 

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Yeah I know, but if Washington wants to give money or loans to the developer, I don't know anyone who would decline that. From the article it looks like they still want to be privately funded but the offer would sure be tempting to them.

political implication when you take federal money as it puts eminent domain in play and ridership become subject to public scrutiny.