CAMPO hammers last nail in Lone Star Rail coffin

[TexasTowelie]

The board of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, after a discussion lasting perhaps five minutes, on a voice vote Monday evening removed from its long-range transportation plan the project for a commuter rail from San Antonio to Georgetown. Of the board members present, only Travis County Commissioner Brigid Shea stood by the 13-year-old district and officially abstained from voting.

In a concession to the idea that a rail in the rapidly growing corridor might someday make sense, the board later discussed using some or all of $9 million in leftover money from the project for a feasibility study to explore other possible endeavors along that corridor.

What kind of endeavors? Shea asked.

Well, perhaps a managed toll lane on Interstate 35, CAMPO executive director Ashby Johnson said, or maybe working with Amtrak to increase its twice-a-day service along the corridor on Union Pacific’s freight line. A study, if the CAMPO board authorizes it, would look at those and other options for moving people in the I-35 corridor.

Read more: http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local/campo-hammers-last-nail-in-lone-star-rail-coffin/nssCg/

[Javaman]

1. see it works like this...

they can hide all the moneys allocated to a local grift, but when it stretches across multiple cities, they don't make as much.

I knew this would be voted down, because the concept makes too much sense and would help to many people.