Trans Texas Corridor
They had an article about this on NPR today. Interesting idea.
Basically, I-35, which gets the majority of Texas' transportation from the north end to Mexico is gonna be revamped. 85 miles an hour and all that. What they wanna do is expand the interstate to have dedicated lanes for automobiles and seperate lanes for semi trucks and freight vans. Parallel to that will be rail lanes for freight rail, passenger trains, and even a high speed train similar to the snazzilag in Europe. Hell, even sounds like it's gonna be elevated, as they wanna run utilities underneath it such as powerlines and waterways. That'd all be pretty cool in my book.
Cept it's not being paid for by the public. A private company is gonna fund the whole thing and make major sections of the corridor toll roads. This is apparently how they do major transport ways in France, as this company built/manages some of those.
Still, it sounds pretty interesting, and the only ecological concerns involved thus far are land rights issues (breaking up big farms and what not). I guess if it was elevated, though, that wouldn't be too much of a concern. Hell, just let the farmers tack some UV lights into the power lines to grow crops under the roadway.
If I wasn't too lazy, I'd find some links for people to read more about it, but alas, I got lots of work to do here at the hellspital. You'll just have to find out on your own. If anyone does, though, please, come back and comment on this action for me. I'm interested, but have not yet formed an opinion on the idea.
Basically, I-35, which gets the majority of Texas' transportation from the north end to Mexico is gonna be revamped. 85 miles an hour and all that. What they wanna do is expand the interstate to have dedicated lanes for automobiles and seperate lanes for semi trucks and freight vans. Parallel to that will be rail lanes for freight rail, passenger trains, and even a high speed train similar to the snazzilag in Europe. Hell, even sounds like it's gonna be elevated, as they wanna run utilities underneath it such as powerlines and waterways. That'd all be pretty cool in my book.
Cept it's not being paid for by the public. A private company is gonna fund the whole thing and make major sections of the corridor toll roads. This is apparently how they do major transport ways in France, as this company built/manages some of those.
Still, it sounds pretty interesting, and the only ecological concerns involved thus far are land rights issues (breaking up big farms and what not). I guess if it was elevated, though, that wouldn't be too much of a concern. Hell, just let the farmers tack some UV lights into the power lines to grow crops under the roadway.
If I wasn't too lazy, I'd find some links for people to read more about it, but alas, I got lots of work to do here at the hellspital. You'll just have to find out on your own. If anyone does, though, please, come back and comment on this action for me. I'm interested, but have not yet formed an opinion on the idea.
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