Texas high-speed rail could connect Dallas, Austin, San Antonio [Video]

The proposed bill would connect the major business hubs while hopefully reducing crashes and traffic on I-35.

AUSTIN, Texas — With the Texas legislative session starting in less than 50 days, one Texas lawmaker hopes a new bill will finally connect the state through a high-speed rail line.

Texas Rep. John Bucy, a Democrat who represents parts of North Austin and Williamson County, filed House Bill 483, which would propose an agreement between the Texas Department of Transportation and a private partner to create this rail line that would connect Dallas to Austin to San Antonio.

“Connecting these major hubs of the most trafficked road in the state of I-35 with another means to get up and down, it makes just a ton of sense,” Bucy said.

There is no direct funding attached to the bill to construct the high-speed rail, just an order for TxDOT to find a vendor to start …