High Speed Rail

A regional group approved funding for Dallas developer’s legal fight over the effects of a high-speed route from Fort Worth to Dallas.

The Regional Transportation Council, an independent policy group of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, could allocate $1 million in funding “in preparation for potential litigation” by Dallas-based Hunt Realty Investment Inc. related to an environmental assessment for high-speed rail in the Fort Worth-Dallas area.

Nine Dallas officials went to Japan to look into a high-speed rail system. It cost the city over $50,000.

Democratic state Rep. John Bucy pre-filed two bills in the Texas Legislature that would kick-start a high speed rail line along the I-35 corridor and direct funding to bullet train projects.

North Texas leaders plan to urge state legislators to create a statewide high-speed rail authority with eminent domain powers to support and coordinate efforts to build bullet train routes to Fort Worth, Arlington, Dallas, Houston and possibly other areas.

The 240-mile route would take under 90 minutes and travel at a top speed of 204 MPH, according to Amtrak.

As Tarrant County rapidly grows, the need for more transit options is increasingly apparent. Just take a drive if you want proof.

Members of the Regional Transportation Council approved additional funding for a high-speed rail study involving Fort Worth, Arlington and Dallas.

The state’s booming population, congestion problems and billions of federal dollars on the table have officials eyeing ways to boost passenger rail.

Fort Worth-area leaders have pledged to support a rail plan that will benefit North Texas, where the population is expected to double from 8 million to more than 15 million by 2050, according to growth estimates presented by the North Central Texas Council of Governments.

High-speed rail plans for North Texas won’t be slowed down, Fort Worth-area leaders say.

Leaders showed enthusiasm for a bullet train to Houston but not to other North Texas cities.