[Terry Mross]

I’ve been hearing about a high speed train from Austin to Houston for a long time. First I’ve heard of a Dallas to Houston train.

[amorphous]

Dallas to Houston (port city) makes more sense, then maybe Houston to Austin, and N.O. (port city), and Dallas to Memphis (port city). :)

What's needed is something like Elon Musk's tunnel plan.

[Grams A]

There has been a lot of plans for a train from Dallas to Houston for a long time but believe it ran into trouble because of access to right-of-way. Can’t remember all the details - maybe someone else from Texas has kept up with what’s been going on. God forbid that we have high speed anything between Austin and Houston. Don’t need any more of the Austin types in Houston than we currently have.

Just south of Houston there is more widening of 59 highway and more new sections with name change to I-69 taking shape. Former Governor Perry debacle to do high speed access from Mexico through to Canada.

Houston Mayor on the news tonight stating that Houston is going to be third largest city in the U.S. in a few years. Trying to figure out how we can move out of area within the near future.

[phoneman08]

Best to keep the libs confined to Austin. They can be dangerous in the real world.

[gspurlock]

This might actually be profitable. If there’s any high-speed light rail that could pay for itself, this is it. The traffic between Dallas and Houston on week-ends is quite stunning. I’ve heard it is just as bad during the week.

I have to make the drive to visit my son, but he’s about 45 minutes south of Houston. I’d be happy to take a high speed rail to Houston then rent a car. It wouldn’t cost more than the long drive and would save time and wear and tear on my car.

There is already a bus that a lot of people use, but it’s still subject to traffic delays.