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| Topic | Mobility |
| Content | Bring our state to the front end of mobility in America by connecting its two largest markets with a high speed rail (HSP) line. Imagine being able to travel between the two largest cities in less than one hour. We could easily market the two as one. It would be just as easy to market events, jobs, other opportunities occuring in Oklahoma City to Tulsans and visa versa. We would have the ablity to market ourselves (inter)nationally as a center with over 2 mil. in population. Connect the Capitol with the line. The rail line could transform and incent continued reinvestment in the urban centers and change the way urban Oklahomans live and impact our treasured rural landscapes. Reinvestment in our urban centers could help retain our young with vibrant active urban lifestyles that attract them elsewhere. Attractive urban centers would attract others to our state. A HSP would relieve traffic from I-44. It would be a multi statement. It would also be an environmentally sound investment; a cleaner more efficient mode of transportation. If there were local trains mixed in with direct OKC - Tulsa trains it could spur economic development in Chandler, Stroud, Bristow and Sapulpa.
I think we should go further and invest in the rail between OKC and Ft. Worth to allow trains to travel faster and shorten that trip as well as look for ways to continue a rail to Kansas City and/or St. Louis. Use Tulsa as the rail hub and connect to booming NW Arkansas. |
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