Houston Area Transportation Leaders Comment on Texas High Speed Rail

Who? Alan Clark is the director of transportation planning for the Houston-Galveston Area Council & Jeff Collins, a board member for the Transportation Advocacy Group

Where? A discussion with Community Impact papers in the greater Houston Area

What did they say? 

Collins said: 

• I am a big proponent of that project just because I see the potential benefit—not only to Houston [and] Dallas—but also the state of Texas with high-speed rail in place.
• I do think it will get built.
• There’s some opposition, more in the rural areas. I own a ranch in Grimes County, and I know I’m in the minority with my neighbors. [For] these rural counties, it could be commerce for them.
• I think we could look at piggyback[ing] on that rail and putting [in] a transit line. Maybe you put [transit] underneath [it] on the same right of way. There are some advantages, and I think our area needs it.

Community Impact | Coffee with Impact: Transportation officials