Texas Central CEO: Joe Biden supports Dallas-Houston high-speed rail project
November 12th, 2020
November 12, 2020 - Dallas Business Journal - Evan Hoopfer -
When developing a project as complex as a high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston, it's beneficial to have backers in high places.
Carlos Aguilar, CEO of Dallas-based Texas Central developing the project, said the company has the support of possibly one of the highest backers — President-Elect Joe Biden.
"He is a fanatic of trains," Aguilar said, noting Biden's decades-long practice of riding an Amtrak train between his home in Delaware and Washington, D.C. "He understands what this is about. He is supportive of high-speed rail and he actually has shown support for our project, as well. I think all those aspects are important and coming together for that dialogue that we have to have with this administration and the next."
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When developing a project as complex as a high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston, it's beneficial to have backers in high places.
Carlos Aguilar, CEO of Dallas-based Texas Central developing the project, said the company has the support of possibly one of the highest backers — President-Elect Joe Biden.
"He is a fanatic of trains," Aguilar said, noting Biden's decades-long practice of riding an Amtrak train between his home in Delaware and Washington, D.C. "He understands what this is about. He is supportive of high-speed rail and he actually has shown support for our project, as well. I think all those aspects are important and coming together for that dialogue that we have to have with this administration and the next."
Read more: https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2020/11/12/joe-biden-texas-central-high-speed-rail.html