Posts Tagged ‘Dallas’
The Mini Triangle
Today we’re going to wrap up our look at a hypothetical Texas-High Speed Rail system. We’ve already looked at the how a privately operated high-speed system could start as a regional rail service in the major cities, now we’re going to see how these regional lines can interconnect and form a more complete system.
The North Texas Corridor
Today let’s take a look at how High-Speed Rail service could connect to North Texas. The Dallas/Fort Worth area is one of the more interesting places to consider rail deployment, because they’ve got by far the most existing rail service. How can a new regional rail line lay the foundation for future statewide high-speed service?
Pierce / Dallas
First off, major props to Tory Gattis for what he had to say about toll roads yesterday: Road needs far outstrip demand in fast-growing Texas, we refuse to inflation index or increase the gas tax (which will soon barely cover maintenance on our existing network), and we refuse to convert historically free freeways to toll [...]
A lesson from Dallas
Well, it’s been about a month since I’ve had time to write. I’ve been busy getting married and going on a honeymoon, which was great fun, so I’m not too sorry about the absence Now then, my wife and I (that’s neat to say!) were in Dallas this past weekend. While we were there I [...]