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Old 04-05-2019, 02:01 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Just declare it a national emergency then! .
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Old 04-05-2019, 10:21 PM
 
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Something needs to be done between Austin and San Antonio because the traffic on IH-35 is atrocious.
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Old 04-05-2019, 11:46 PM
 
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just declare it a national emergency then! :d.
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Old 04-05-2019, 11:48 PM
 
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Something needs to be done between Austin and San Antonio because the traffic on IH-35 is atrocious.
For a start, stop the city PR from throwing money towards getting on to all those Top 10 lists. If you hype it, they will come
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Old 04-05-2019, 11:53 PM
 
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Just curious I read up on a article that I don’t know if it’ll happen anytime soon likely in the next decade or a few decades from now I understand the state of Texas is working on a bill to bring a high speed rail line called Hyperloop One to the U.S I understand their are working on one out in California but not sure when it will start running for the public. If this would even happen if the economy gets better in TX Hyperloop One could take you from Austin to San Antonio I’m like 8 minutes!!!?!!! Really????? I would think like 25-30 minutes at least. I see they want to connect Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin eventually when it’s all said and done. The San Antonio Zoo has planned a rail line service to Austin but it’s going to take 17 hours so we can forget about that. Lastly if the bill gets passed for Hyperloop in the lone star state are we talking 2020’s or 2030’s at the earliest?
Nope. I don't foresee such public transportation to ever happen anywhere in Texas let alone the Austin/San Antonio corridor. There are a multitude of reasons but primarily Texans love their freedom to hop in to their personal vehicles at anytime rather than depend on a government run transport. I don't see anything wrong with it as every culture is different.
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Old 04-06-2019, 02:24 PM
 
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I want them to focus on traffic and transportation within the city before worrying about transportation options to SA or any other Texas city. I can't even get to work, which is 8 miles away from my house, in less than an hour. Getting to San Antonio is the least of my worries. And before someone asks, there are absolutely no public transportation options where I work - no buses, nothing. And it's within Austin city limits.
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Old 04-06-2019, 02:30 PM
 
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Nope. I don't foresee such public transportation to ever happen anywhere in Texas let alone the Austin/San Antonio corridor. There are a multitude of reasons but primarily Texans love their freedom to hop in to their personal vehicles at anytime rather than depend on a government run transport. I don't see anything wrong with it as every culture is different.
I think a lot of our transportation woes stem from the fact that Texas cities are generally not very dense, pretty spread out and not pedestrian friendly. It's a just a result being largely developed after the advent of cars, so being pedestrian-friendly wasn't really important. I'm from Philadelphia. We took the train to NYC, Wash DC, and Baltimore all the time. Loved it. But all of those cities are very, very walkable and easy to navigate without a car thanks to subways and such. If I took a train to SA, getting around the city once I got there would still be an issue. I don't really have a solution to this problem, just trying to explain why things like rail and public transportation haven't really taken off here.

I agree that Texans love their cars, but that's only because without them, they are very limited.
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Old 04-06-2019, 03:25 PM
 
Location: Round Rock, Texas
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I want them to focus on traffic and transportation within the city before worrying about transportation options to SA or any other Texas city. I can't even get to work, which is 8 miles away from my house, in less than an hour. Getting to San Antonio is the least of my worries. And before someone asks, there are absolutely no public transportation options where I work - no buses, nothing. And it's within Austin city limits.
Not even a scooter?
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Old 04-06-2019, 08:50 PM
 
Location: Central Texas
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Im just saying hyperloop is not high speed rail. High speed rail requires massive eminent domain. Hyperloop goes underground and uses technology that does not exist.

How does burrowing under someone's land (which is owned, including the mineral rights in the ground itself) bypassing eminent domain? What if the farmers and ranchers and homeowners don't WANT a tunnel through their land?
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Old 04-06-2019, 08:56 PM
 
Location: Central Texas
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Subsurface rights are generally held by a much smaller group of people (especially in Texas), and many of those 'people' are corporations. Not near as much resistance to making some money.

The pipelines and utilities are a few feet down and while there are technical issues related to those easements, the actual tunnel would be much deeper.

Funny, I know a lot of people who own their subsurface rights and lease them out but still retain ownership. That's why so many people in Texas have (a piece of) an oil well or gas well and get royalties, myself included. We are constantly having oil and gas exploration companies trying to buy our mineral rights, but real Texans know to never ever sell them. (It's one of those things you're taught as a toddler here.)
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