Texas is to large for this to work. Plus do we really want the people from Dallas Austin and SA coming here more easily?
No, it's really the perfect size. I doubt they'll take the train, break into your house and steal your TV, then get back on the train.
This would be awesome. I'd find myself going to all the away games with the Rockets against SA and Dallas.
Could you finish the thought? Looks like you were trying to speak in "SAT logic question" terminology... Texas is to big, as _______ is to small? I'll accept your brand of stupidity when it comes to those from Dallas. Don't s*** on those of us from Austin and SA.
it means to run a train fast you have to have brand new track put down and intense track maintenance. Japan is small enough so they can just run the cleaner and inspector train every morning over their high speed track but it would be pretty expensive to do that over 600 miles of track.
I don't know what the ridership estimates are, but it seems insane to me for a direct Dallas/Houston segment not to be on there. It isn't worth building without that lane. So count me on the side supporting the Texas Triangle instead of the Texas T-Bone. Plus it MUST touch Intercontinental Airport.
i'd have to see what the estimated travel times were. to me, it would make sense to include b/cs. that's an area of nearly 200k people for a large part of the year. i'm guessing southwest would also like there not to be a direct connect from houston to dallas too.
If you think Japan is too small compared to Texas, what about China? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_China I rode one of these high-speed "bullet trains" when I visited there last year. It was a joyful ride. Smooth, quiet, and comfortable. I slept like a baby. You have to wonder if the Commies can do it, why can't the Yankees? Maintenance ought not to be a problem. All it takes is some dedication.
A triangle would be ~600 miles. the longest high speed line even being built right now is the Beijing-Shanghai line which is ~700 miles. Those two cities combine for over 35 million people.
no it also takes cash and time. To maintain a line that long you need several service stations along it. Also as I just posted China is having long lines but they have a bit more people than we do. AND they have a history of using public transport unlike USA and Texans even more so.
France has around 1100 miles of that track with new lines under construction. There is a price estimate of $12-18 billion under a public-private partnership. So the costs are being contemplated here, and private money is still pursuing it.
You could satisfy the Aggie Nation by bending the southern leg of the triangle from Houston to B/CS to Austin. Also, Texas population is predicted to be about 35 million by 2030 with 4 out of 5 living within the triangle.
wait what? there is no estimate in this article of track mileage for the Texas project. there is a cost estimate of $12-18 billion, though. 1100 miles is how many miles they have of high speed rail in France...not Texas. France and Texas are of similar geographic size....though that's somewhat irrelevant, because no one is talking about connecting El Paso.
