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Texas is an interesting case: it would benefit enormously from high speed rail connecting the major Metros (DFW, Austin, San Antonio and Houston) but the State
by pm90 8y ago
Texas is an interesting case: it would benefit enormously from high speed rail connecting the major Metros (DFW, Austin, San Antonio and Houston) but the State Government is run by boneheads who keep suing the feds over DACA and working on inane bathroom bills.
Seriously this would transform the state. Make all the tech talent in Austin available to energy companies in Houston. Integrate the tech talent market for Austin and DFW. And the land over which the rail would be built is pretty flat as well.
- jccooper 8y agoThe "Texas Central" will provide one leg of the Texas Triangle before long. We'll see how that works out. The later addition of a leg to Austin/San Antonio would make a lot of sense. But there's not good prospects for any broader regional connections, unless HSR proves to be very popular and profitable.