[Spktyr]

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.

[smokingfrog]

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

[erman]

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.

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.

[jude24]

The commute from Killeen to Waco really sucks.