Friday, December 3, 2021

It's Just A Thought, but Texas Central Railroad's Bullet Train is

passing very, very,very close to Mustang, Texas.The smallest town in Texas with a population of 21. It's the same little 77 acres that Dallas Maverick owner, Mark Cuban just purchased and said in media reports that he did a friend a favor and he didn't know what he would do with the town, if anything. 

Remembering, of course, Cuban IS  of  an entrepreneurial spirit to begin with. The environmental studies passed and have been certified. The law suits that challenged the Constitutional base that Texas Central Railroad is not a railroad is coming up on the court docket in early 2022. That case and others cited Amtrak as being a very much defined railroad has helped to overturn and reverse previous cases filed by property owners and higher courts reversing the lower courts decisions. 

This is a very important legal issue that Texas needs with it's growing hub for transportation in the area of an inland port to handle intermodal containers on the rails. But, my gut feeling is that Mustang, Texas is going to end up being a very important part of that Texas Central Alignment Route along the Union Pacific tracks.It also has the great potential of putting an amazing piece of passenger comfort in Dallas, Arlington and Ft.Worth.

Just think how much fun, as well as a time saving and parking fees eliminator if you could ride Dart or TRE or TEXrail or Silver Line or A-Train to a Cowboys game; Rangers game; or a Mavericks game or a Star's Hockey  game at the AAC. And let's not forget the recent talk that the Dallas Convention Center may be closer to a wrecking ball than any of us know, plus the new convention center would  just so happens to be re-aligned very near the new Bullet Trail Station on the west side of Lamar south of I-30. Or even on top of it.  The bigger picture is being painted piece by piece and as of yet I have heard no one even thinking about how it all fits together. Let Mark and the others make their money and just give us civilians that train.  Dallas Metroplex needs this if we are to be the Chicago of the South. We are so close.The private landowners need to also realize in Texas Spirit  that this project is bigger than any of them, or anyone person  individually. It is for the greater good of all Texans overall in the end chapter.

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