High speed rail vote: Don’t let the train leave without Fort Worth
April 12th, 2018
April 11, 2018 -
BY THE STAR-TELEGRAM EDITORIAL BOARD -
EDITOR'S UPDATE:
Thursday afternoon Regional Transportation Council members voted to approve funding that will allow North Texas transportation planners to begin studying a high speed rail route from Fort Worth to Laredo. Details below.
ORIGINAL EDITORIAL:
The region’s transportation planning group is on the verge of taking a vote which will determine whether Fort Worth becomes a central player in the development of high speed rail.
Our message to Regional Transportation Council members voting Thursday: jump aboard. This train shouldn’t leave the station without Fort Worth as a primary stop.
The vote by the RTC — which approves much of the transportation spending for this 16-county North Texas region — is to spend a half million dollars for studying a possible rail line connecting Fort Worth to Laredo and ultimately Monterrey, Mexico.
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/editorials/article208595354.html
BY THE STAR-TELEGRAM EDITORIAL BOARD -
EDITOR'S UPDATE:
Thursday afternoon Regional Transportation Council members voted to approve funding that will allow North Texas transportation planners to begin studying a high speed rail route from Fort Worth to Laredo. Details below.
ORIGINAL EDITORIAL:
The region’s transportation planning group is on the verge of taking a vote which will determine whether Fort Worth becomes a central player in the development of high speed rail.
Our message to Regional Transportation Council members voting Thursday: jump aboard. This train shouldn’t leave the station without Fort Worth as a primary stop.
The vote by the RTC — which approves much of the transportation spending for this 16-county North Texas region — is to spend a half million dollars for studying a possible rail line connecting Fort Worth to Laredo and ultimately Monterrey, Mexico.
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/editorials/article208595354.html