[TexPride]

It's obvious you need read and/or comprehend the TTC plans. No where in there will you find any reference to light rail. The rail (not light rail) component will be built when needed, it will not be built at the beginning. I would suggest you read up on the definition of light rail then read up on the TTC before you come back and respond to this post.

Part of our current problems in Dallas, Austin/SA and Houston come from all of this through truck traffic, the idea of the TTC is to take this traffic around our metro areas and pass it through the state as rapidly and efficiently as possible, hence the highways through the ranch land and not through the cities.

[Lunatic Fringe]

"It's obvious you need read and/or comprehend the TTC plans. No where in there will you find any reference to light rail."

Semantics. When I said light rail I was referring to the building of commuter trains ("light rail") in places where there are more horses than people.

From the TTC own website:

As envisioned, each route will include:

* separate lanes for passenger vehicles and large trucks
* freight railways
* high-speed commuter railways
* infrastructure for utilities including water lines, oil and gas pipelines, and transmission lines for electricity, broadband and other telecommunications services

From CorridorWatch.com:
Each segment of the corridor will contain:
* Six 12-foot Passenger Vehicle Lanes (80mph); 112-feet in aggregate width with shoulders.
* Four 13-foot Truck Lanes; 84-feet in aggregate width with shoulders.
* Two Tracks for 200mph High-Speed Passenger Rail. (All depots are contained within the corridor.)
* Two Tracks for 80mph Commuter Passenger Rail.
* Two Tracks for 80mph Freight Rail.
* A 200-foot Utility Zone for large underground water lines, natural gas and petroleum pipelines, telecommunication cables and overhead high-voltage electric transmission lines.
* Operational Maintenance Zone.
* Safety Zones sufficient to accommodate future roadway expansion.