approximately 240-mile
http://texascentral.com/the-project/
The Texas bullet train will be capable of 205 mph. This means your journey between Dallas and Houston will take under 90 minutes.
http://texascentral.com/the-facts/
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a corporate jet couldn’t do
Price is would be the difference. This is intended to be competitive with Commercial Airline prices with the belief of less hassles (time) than an Airport.
I have my doubts, but at least this one is private funded, they claim at least.
> I have my doubts, but at least this one is private funded, they claim at least.
Nope. I have good inside contacts at the top who tell me they will use the rainy day fund which came from the taxpayers.
Ten years from now, when Terrafugia .. ahem ...get's off the ground ...
America 2050 is connected to center for America Progress
(Podesta)
http://www.centerforamericanprogress.org/projects/progress-2050/view/
In the right column:
Progress 2050 is a project of the Center for American Progress that develops new ideas for an increasingly diverse America. The United States will become a nation with no clear racial or ethnic majority by the year 2050. This expected transition provides the progressive movement with an exciting opportunity to help America live up to its ideals of equality and justice for all.
Common core
http://www.americanprogress.org/tag/common-core/view/