June 20, 2016 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Officials from railroads in France, China, attend forum
Bullet trains would connect Dallas, Arlington, Fort Worth
Proposals to build system due Aug. 31
BY GORDON DICKSON
ARLINGTON - High-speed rail is a touchy subject in much of Texas, where some politicians and landowners are concerned about train tracks cutting across private property.
But local leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth, where traffic congestion is a near-universal concern among many of the region’s roughly 7 million residents, want the world’s biggest passenger rail operators to know that if they’re willing to build the super-fast trains in North Texas they will find a more-than-receptive audience.
“You are not trying to sell yourself to us today. We are trying to sell our region to you,” Michael Morris, transportation director for the North Central Texas Council of Governments, told officials from both French and Chinese railroad companies Monday during a meeting in Arlington. “Regardless of what our national government does, we are reaching out to the congressional delegation to fund high-speed rail.”
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/traffic/your-commute/article84931157.html#storylink=cpy
Officials from railroads in France, China, attend forum
Bullet trains would connect Dallas, Arlington, Fort Worth
Proposals to build system due Aug. 31
BY GORDON DICKSON
ARLINGTON - High-speed rail is a touchy subject in much of Texas, where some politicians and landowners are concerned about train tracks cutting across private property.
But local leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth, where traffic congestion is a near-universal concern among many of the region’s roughly 7 million residents, want the world’s biggest passenger rail operators to know that if they’re willing to build the super-fast trains in North Texas they will find a more-than-receptive audience.
“You are not trying to sell yourself to us today. We are trying to sell our region to you,” Michael Morris, transportation director for the North Central Texas Council of Governments, told officials from both French and Chinese railroad companies Monday during a meeting in Arlington. “Regardless of what our national government does, we are reaching out to the congressional delegation to fund high-speed rail.”
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/traffic/your-commute/article84931157.html#storylink=cpy