Houston continues to lead Texas megaregional growth, adding 1.2 million people to 13 counties, including 691,881 in Harris County alone.
TxDOT has just won a $5.6 million grant to fund feasibility studies and planning for an 850-mile high-speed rail corridor between south Texas and Oklahoma City.
Austin nonprofit Foundation Communities broke ground on a transit-oriented affordable housing project across the street from the MLK MetroRail Station.
We already own the right of way that connects our homes and jobs
An agency hoping to run passenger rail from Austin to San Antonio is now called the Lone Star Rail District. It still needs money and tracks to move forward.
Christof Spieler and Andrew Burleson consider the potential for and steps toward high speed rail in Texas
Judge Ed Emmett, Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt, Mayor Ben White, and Councilmember Jungus Jordan all spoke at the Texas Triangle megaregion conference.
Participants included many individuals and organizations from the Texas Triangle, as well as four elected officials and several national speakers.
A proposed Houston-Dallas route is the most viable route outside of the Northeast and California, according to America 2050.
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