Amtrak Studying San Antonio-Austin Commuter Service

[TexasTowelie]

When the Lone Star Rail project fell apart last year, communities along I-35 were left looking for a new plan that would reduce travel time between San Antonio and Austin. Now, they think they’ve found one.

It’s still about rail, but the vision is bigger than San Antonio to Austin. And drivers who are “Stuck Behind the Wheel” hope it work.

There are a lot of strong words that could describe the 80 mile trip along I-35 between San Antonio and Austin.

Samantha Crawford simply calls it “miserable.”

Read more: http://tpr.org/post/stuck-behind-wheel-amtrak-studying-san-antonio-austin-commuter-service

[Vogon_Glory]

1. Austin--San Antonio Corridor Rail Service Is A Great Idea, BUT

Those tracks are extremely crowded with freight traffic. What would be needed would be to move the freight trains to a separate right of way or add a third set of tracks in crowded territory.

What with the big-government-is-bad and no-new-taxes mindsets of federal, state, and local officials, I don't see this happening without a MAJOR political upheaval that consigns reactionary so-called "Conservatism" and the Republican Party to permanent oblivion.