{"id":185344,"date":"2025-03-12T14:46:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T04:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=185344"},"modified":"2025-03-13T11:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T01:37:35","slug":"texas-high-speed-rail-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=185344","title":{"rendered":"Texas High Speed Rail Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nearly 100,000 Texans, sometimes called \u201csuper-commuters,\u201d travel back and forth between Houston and Dallas\/Fort Worth more than once a week\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wagner.nyu.edu\/files\/rudincenter\/supercommuter_report.pdf\">(source)<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many others make the trip very regularly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The approximately 240-mile high-speed rail line will offer a total travel time of less than 90 minutes, with convenient departures every 30 minutes during peak periods each day, and every hour during off-peak periods \u2013 with 6 hours reserved each night for system maintenance and inspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">JOY OF THE JOURNEY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capable of operating at speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour and moving passengers between Dallas and Houston in less than 90 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Substantive, wide-bodied seats, arranged \u201ctwo-by-two\u201d and separated by an aisle, ensuring sufficient leg, head and elbow room with no \u201cmiddle-seat squeeze.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choice of service levels, with quiet, work-friendly cabins and food and beverage options to fit your needs and budget.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plentiful Wi-Fi and power outlets, so passengers can get down to business, read, enjoy a movie, talk or catch a quick nap.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fares highly competitive with the cost of travel by auto or commercial air service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A variety of retail stores, restaurants and shops located in passenger stations, each with a distinctly Texas style of service provided by well-trained staff who are eager to please.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Departures every 30 minutes during peak travel periods, with passengers able to review schedules, select seats, purchase tickets, change travel plans, order on-board food and drinks, reserve rental vehicles at their destination and book onward travel connections online or via mobile apps.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stations located with easy access to major roadways, connections to public transit options, and plenty of on-site parking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 100,000 Texans, sometimes called \u201csuper-commuters,\u201d travel back and forth between Houston and Dallas\/Fort Worth more than once a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":185345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1304,35,7665,47,4235],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-185344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amtrak","category-breaking-news","category-high-speed-rail-2","category-rail-news","category-texas","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=185344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185346,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185344\/revisions\/185346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/185345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=185344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=185344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=185344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}