Bullet train plan banks on Texas turning more urban, less cowboy

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Bullet train plan banks on Texas turning more urban, less cowboy
(Source: Bloomberg, July 21, 2016)

HOUSTON — There’s a real fight pitting rural, multi-generational landowners along the proposed route against newly arrived urbanites who seek faster travel between the nation’s fourth- and fifth- largest metropolitan areas.

Full story: Bloomberg

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

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