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Citizens Committee: Abolish Trans Texas Corridor Idea
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| November 14, 2008
| Jim Forsyth
Posted on 11/14/2008 7:22:52 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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Trans-Texas Corridor PING!
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The committee said stretches of Interstate 35, which runs from Laredo to Gainesville and is the most heavily traveled Interstate highway in the country, have 'pushed the limit of the road's design capacity.'
Really?
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posted on
11/14/2008 7:28:42 PM PST
by
nufsed
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
even additional toll lanes where necessaryPerry and TDOT still taking the Saudis money I see.
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posted on
11/14/2008 7:36:25 PM PST
by
org.whodat
(Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts! Republicans do!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
If they did away with the frontage roads, they would have plenty of space to improve the highway.
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posted on
11/14/2008 7:37:58 PM PST
by
org.whodat
(Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts! Republicans do!)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I-35 sucks.
High speed rail would be a good idea, as long as it doesn't turn into some government boondogle.
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posted on
11/14/2008 7:41:02 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
(If it's to be a bloodbath, let it be now. Appeasement is not the answer. - Ronald Reagan)
To: org.whodat
Even if they dumped the frontage roads (which I don’t think is a great idea), I don’t know that they would have enough space. 35 really should be a superslab, 4-6 lanes each way, all the way from Dallas on South. You’re looking at a lot of bridges from Dallas to Waco alone...
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posted on
11/14/2008 7:42:39 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: smokingfrog
Yeah, we really do need high speed rail in Texas linking the major cities. God alone knows how many times I’ve had to drive to Waco or Austin at the last minute to fix something for a client.
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posted on
11/14/2008 7:44:01 PM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
“The committee also recommended the construction of new bridges into Mexico on the south end of I-35 in Laredo.”
What about “OUT of Mexico. Are these bridges two way bridges?
To: Spktyr
One side would do, and yes I have driven on I35 from San Antonio to ok. City more than once.
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posted on
11/14/2008 8:29:14 PM PST
by
org.whodat
(Conservatives don't vote for Bailouts! Republicans do!)
To: Spktyr
Actually, I think we should start building giant-sized trains. Giant trains could then be used to move large amounts of freight at low cost, removing many trucks from the highways (and/or trucks themselves transported by train).
Check this out -
Modern Mechanix 1947
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posted on
11/14/2008 8:39:43 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
(If it's to be a bloodbath, let it be now. Appeasement is not the answer. - Ronald Reagan)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I 35 through Austin is a death trap any time of the day. Was in an accident on that road. Too many big trucks and cars on that double decker road; bumper to bumper trucks/cars all going fast. There has to be a by-pass around Austin for I 35 through Austin cannot be expanded.
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posted on
11/14/2008 8:41:51 PM PST
by
Marcella
(One Democrat lost, one Democrat won.)
To: Marcella
TTC - the best & fastest way to move jobs to mexico so we can move the freight faster north
also, the greatest gov land grab from private citizens in USA history
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
11/15/2008 3:03:16 AM PST
by
E.G.C.
(Click on a freeper's screename and then "In Forum" to read his/her posts)
To: Spktyr
When I moved to Texas in 1984 they were working on I 35 in Hillsboro. They are still working on it.
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posted on
11/15/2008 6:28:04 AM PST
by
hadaclueonce
(shoot low, they are riding Shetlands..)
To: Marcella
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posted on
11/15/2008 8:31:37 AM PST
by
wolfcreek
(I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
To: Spktyr
Yeah, we really do need high speed rail in Texas linking the major cities. God alone knows how many times Ive had to drive to Waco or Austin at the last minute to fix something for a client.Sure you do. Is the rail going to take you from your front door to the client's front door or do you need to rent a car, take a cab or bus from the rail station. Just wondering.
The reason we don't have rail is because of the way our cities are built and how the distances travelled have become greater between the center of the cities and the suburbs. That is unless you'd like to live in downtown Dallas/Houston etc... Then we can look forward to the life of the Big Apple. Packed in like sardines and crammed one on top of the other.
I'll take a pass.
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posted on
11/15/2008 10:10:12 AM PST
by
erman
To: Spktyr
The commute from Killeen to Waco really sucks.
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posted on
11/15/2008 10:12:54 AM PST
by
jude24
To: erman
A simple solution to your objection would be to run the rail lines to the major airports, where one can do something radical like “rent a car”.
Or do you also feel that people should not fly?
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posted on
11/15/2008 10:13:16 AM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: erman
rail going to take you from your front door to the client's front door or do you need to rent a car, take a cab or bus from the rail station. Actually, I imagine that solutions would present themselves. If high speed rail existed, car rental companies and car services would probably love to set up shop outside the terminals.
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posted on
11/15/2008 10:17:02 AM PST
by
jude24
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