The Democratic Policy Committee (DC) released a flyer last Tuesday that detailed each state's proposed benefit from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. See details for Texas here: http://alt.coxnewsweb...

The "highways" portion of "Infrastructure" yielded a surprise allowance for trains, presumably including light rail.
<<$2.3 billion in Highway Funding to be used on activities eligible under the Federal-aid Highway Program’s Surface Transportation Program and could also include rail and port infrastructure activities at the discretion of the states.>>
From the perspective of peak oil concerns, trains make infinitely more sense than highways. Now, we just need to convince the lege of that reality.
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