'Rural Republicans against private enterprise' new tactic to kill high speed rail in Texas
January 12th, 2016
January 12, 2016 - Texas Tribune
Thirty-three East Texas officials sent a letter to the Japanese ambassador to the United States on Monday to express their opposition to a private Texas firm's proposed high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston that has strong ties to a Japanese company.
The letter is the latest effort by opponents of Texas Central Partners' multibillion-dollar project since the firm's 2012 announcement of its plan to bring Japanese train operator JR Central’s bullet train technology to Texas. Under the agreement, JR Central would sell its Shinkansen trains to Texas Central and play an advisory role on the system’s operations. A Japanese-backed government fund has also invested $40 million in the project.
Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/2016/01/12/bullet-train-opponents-reach-out-japanese-ambassad/
Thirty-three East Texas officials sent a letter to the Japanese ambassador to the United States on Monday to express their opposition to a private Texas firm's proposed high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston that has strong ties to a Japanese company.
The letter is the latest effort by opponents of Texas Central Partners' multibillion-dollar project since the firm's 2012 announcement of its plan to bring Japanese train operator JR Central’s bullet train technology to Texas. Under the agreement, JR Central would sell its Shinkansen trains to Texas Central and play an advisory role on the system’s operations. A Japanese-backed government fund has also invested $40 million in the project.
Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/2016/01/12/bullet-train-opponents-reach-out-japanese-ambassad/