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.
Hyperloop - ultra high-speed public transport unveiled by Elon Musk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiYb_0wOWqY
If high speed rail from Houston to Dallas was viable, the private sector would build a high speed rail from Houston to Dallas.
BTW-How much would you expect a round trip ticket aboard Federal High Speed Rail would cost?
We live out NW fairly close to the Grand Parkway and it’s getting very crowded. We’d love to move out a little further but the land is way out of reach
Got a price on some 1 to 2 acre lots for $85 grand an acre. It doesn’t look like it’s worth $10 grand an acre to me. On top of that the minimum square footage is 2500 SF. So, we’ll probably die here completely surrounded by the third largest city in the country.