Texas Is Once More Flirting With Expanding Passenger Rail

Houston residents participate in a public meeting on the Dallas to Houston high-speed rail project hosted by the Texas Department of Transportation and the Federal Railroad Administration on Oct. 29, 2014. Credit: Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune

A robust passenger rail system has long been seen as a pipe dream in car-dependent Texas.But a glut of federal dollars for rail projects and a growing realization that road expansions won’t ease chronic congestion on the state’s busiest highways have some Texas officials and policymakers flirting once more with ...

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