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Yes, but no one in Texas espects high speed rail will ever be built west of Dallas/Fort Worth, Ausin, or San Antonio...However, east of the I-35 corridor, the land is flat enough for high speed rail. In the TTC report, tolls on the new turnpikes will be 20 to 30 cents per mile. A trip down the turnpike from Dallas to Houston will cost over $60 in tolls. All of a sudden high speed rails looks favorable, eh? Keep in mind, the Texas DOT is also thinking about changing the freeways into turnpikes too, when it comes time to completely rebuild them, in both urban and rural environments. In other words there is a very good chance that I-35 and I-45 will be turnpikes before the new turnpikes are built, with tolls at 20 to 30 cents per mile... Highways being cheaper than fast trains, maybe so now, 30 years in the future, probably not.... <br /> <br />
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