From Austin Business Journal, April 16, 2009...
President Obama has unveiled new components of a plan to build a nationwide high-speed rail system that includes Texas.
The plan could use $8 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as well as up to $5 billion over five years from the federal budget as a “down payment” to help create passenger trains.
The Federal Railroad Administration is expected to begin awarding its first round of grants by late summer.
The report from Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood identifies 10 major corridors where high-speed rail would work.
The planned corridors are in California, Washington-Oregon, Texas-Oklahoma-Arkansas, the Gulf Coast including New Orleans and Atlanta, Florida, the Great Lakes centered on Chicago, the Southeast including the Carolinas and Georgia, Pennsylvania, New York and Northern New England.
In Texas, the South Central High-Speed Corridor, would link Dallas-Fort Worth; Austin; San Antonio; Texarkana; Oklahoma City; Tulsa, Okla;. and Little Rock, Ark. A separate line would connect Houston with New Orleans, Mobile and other cities in the Southeast.
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Friday, April 17, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Push for high-speed rail in Texas re-emerges
From KVUE, January 29, 2009...
The vision of high-speed rail lines swiftly shuttling Texans between big cities such as San Antonio and Houston in brisk 90-minute trips is trying to get back on track.
Bullet trains in Texas are being touted again in a big way, and backers who hope to have a $12 billion to $18 billion network of high-speed trains running by 2020 say their proposal won't fall flat again.
Fifteen years ago, an initial plan went nowhere. The new push bills a so-called Texas T-Bone corridor that would run between cities including Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Waco.
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The vision of high-speed rail lines swiftly shuttling Texans between big cities such as San Antonio and Houston in brisk 90-minute trips is trying to get back on track.
Bullet trains in Texas are being touted again in a big way, and backers who hope to have a $12 billion to $18 billion network of high-speed trains running by 2020 say their proposal won't fall flat again.
Fifteen years ago, an initial plan went nowhere. The new push bills a so-called Texas T-Bone corridor that would run between cities including Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Waco.
Read more...
Saturday, December 27, 2008
TxDOT preparing plan for 2 rail corridors
From News 8 Austin, December 25, 2008...
Advocates of high-speed rail in Texas are urging lawmakers and investors to develop corridors to take advantage of a generous match program from the federal government.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is promising an 80-20 match with local or state funds. Experts said that's a nearly unprecedented match for rail, which usually requires a 50 percent contribution from local sources.
The department has designated 11 high-speed rail corridors nationally, including two that come through Texas.
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Advocates of high-speed rail in Texas are urging lawmakers and investors to develop corridors to take advantage of a generous match program from the federal government.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is promising an 80-20 match with local or state funds. Experts said that's a nearly unprecedented match for rail, which usually requires a 50 percent contribution from local sources.
The department has designated 11 high-speed rail corridors nationally, including two that come through Texas.
Read more...
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