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<p>[quote user="CMStPnP"]</p> <p>Tx DOT already studied this Dallas to San Antonio route and they dispute many of the assertions you made above including that the existing right of way could be used for HSR.   [/quote]</p> <div>The passenger rail chapter of the Texas Rail Plan, which was written by researchers from the Texas Transportation Institute and the University of Texas at Austin, at the request of TXDOT, is a comprehensive overview of the plans to improve passenger rail in Texas.  It was completed in 2009 and revised in 2014.  It can be downloaded from TXDOT’s website. </div> <div> </div> <div>The researchers identified two corridors, which are integral parts of the Texas Triangle concept, that are good candidates for high speed passenger rail, which is defined in the plan as speeds up to 150 mph.  DFW to Houston and DFW to San Antonio drew equal weight. </div> <div> </div> <div>The report mentions no insurmountable cost or technical barriers to developing high speed rail between Dallas and San Antonio.</div> <div> </div> <div>Had the state moved forward with the key corridors defined in the plan, the researchers had estimated that the system would have been able to recover its operating expenses in six years and its fully allocated expenses (capital and interest) in approximately 10 years.</div> <div> </div> <div>The researchers noted that the Dallas to San Antonio corridor is the most densely populated corridor in Texas.  And by implication the one in most need of alternatives to driving or flying. </div> <div> </div> <div>So why is the emphasis on developing the Dallas to Houston corridor?  Outside of the Dallas and the Houston anchor points, it is not a densily populated corridor? </div> <div> </div> <div>Politics and an opportunity for the Japanese to peddle their rail solution in America?</div> <div> </div>
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