February - 2017

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With private funding and no public incentives, how can we oppose the Texas bullet train?

As a transit option, a Texas bullet train would be a major breakthrough. As an economic development project, it would be off the charts....

Texas' rural roots and urban future are on a high-speed collision course

GRIMES COUNTY — John Stoneham’s knees don’t work like they used to, and it’s gotten tougher to count the cows roaming his 1,000 acres of...

Bill package shapes fight on high-speed rail

Legislative opponents of a proposed high-speed rail line to zip passengers between Dallas and Houston have filed a package of bills aimed...

Developers say recent Texas high-speed rail study lacks proper data

The developers behind the plan to connect Dallas and Houston via high-speed rail fired back Friday against conclusions in a study that...

Trump could put high-speed rail back on track in U.S.

WASHINGTON — Could Donald Trump be the president who brings high-speed rail to America? The Obama administration spent nearly $10 billion...

Texas Central reaches 'milestone' on land options for high-speed rail

Texas Central announced yesterday that it has reached land option agreements on 30 percent of the parcels needed for its plan to build a...

High-speed rail developer drops lawsuits against landowners

Texas Central Partners officials said they are instead going to try and have an “open dialogue” with landowners about letting the company...