The future of Dallas’s high‑speed rail project was thrown into doubt after Dallas slammed the brakes on elevated tracks just as Congress stripped nearly a billion dollars in federal rail funding.
Newsweek reached out to Texas Central, the developer of the Dallas-Houston bullet train, via a contact form on the High-Speed Rail Alliance’s website to ask what the Dallas City Council’s decision means for the project.
Why It Matters
Dallas’ decision to reaffirm its ban on elevated high‑speed rail through core parts of the city comes at a moment of heightened uncertainty for the entire project.
With Congress defunding $928 million in high‑speed rail grants and legal and logistical barriers mounting, the viability of a Dallas-Fort Worth high‑speed connection—and its integration with the planned Houston-Dallas route—faces new challenges.
What To Know
Dallas City Council last week reaffirmed its 2024 decision that no high‑speed rail line between Dallas and Fort Worth should be built above‑ground through the Central Business District, Victory Park, or Uptown…