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Editorial: Big plans in store for high-speed rail in Texas

(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 28, 2014)

FORT WORTH, Texas — Those who worry that the plan to build a high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas by 2021 is overly ambitious were probably having heart palpitations after the seven-member Commission for High-Speed Rail in Dallas/Fort Worth expanded its vision for bullet trains in Texas during a Wednesday meeting in Dallas.

Full story: Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Friday, August 29, 2014

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