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Old 01-27-2014, 01:06 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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How would that change Texas as we currently know it?

I can see how that could change the population of cities because maybe more people would do the option of living in one city but working in a completely different one.
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Old 01-27-2014, 01:13 PM
 
Location: The Bayou City
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give it 20 years and well find out first hand.. seriously though, i hope the Japanese arent toying with us about the train from Houston to Dallas.. and hopefully they stick to their schedule and it is done by 2021.
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Old 01-27-2014, 01:45 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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"If" is right, we'll never have a bullet train here in Texas. A commuter train would really work between the downtowns of Austin, San Marcos, and San Antonio. The commuter train between Albuquerque and Santa Fe is the template:

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Old 01-27-2014, 02:11 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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The Santa Fe/Ablq one works because none of the state employees can afford to live in Santa Fe, they have to live in Albq.
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Old 01-27-2014, 02:39 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Exactly, my point. Think about how many people would live affordably in San Marcos, New Braunfels, or northside San Antonio and work in Austin. And before any other commuter line, Austin Metro should fast track rail from Austin, Round Rock to Taylor.

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Old 01-27-2014, 02:49 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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But Austin is no where near as expensive as Santa Fe. You would have to double (or more) the cost of living in Austin first, or whatever. Are you saying that we should jack up the cost of living in Austin even more so a rail line would be justified?
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Old 01-27-2014, 03:13 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Well, the price of living in Austin will only continue to go up in our lifetimes, especially housing costs; associated traffic issues of suburban to downtown work travel will worsen. Commuter rail works well for mid-level white collar workers like those who work for state agencies and special interests associations; build it and they will use it.

(For the record, I own several cars but I use the bus Monday-Friday to get to and from my West Austin house to my medical clinic next to Seton Hospital.
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Old 01-27-2014, 08:06 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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If there were a bullet train that linked Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin... Fort Worth would probably raise some heck.

On a more serious note, travel between the major cities would probably go up, and downtowns would see more visitors (assuming stations would be located in CBDs and not suburbs).
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Old 01-27-2014, 08:52 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Interesting answers so far. I wonder how it would affect crime.
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Old 01-27-2014, 08:57 PM
 
Location: Oil Capital of America
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I don't think there would be enough riders to make much difference at all. Maybe higher taxes for everyone, but that would be about it.
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