Carona's SB 1570 high-speed rail authority goes to full Senate

Sen. Carona's SB 1570 "relating to the facilitation, analysis, and implementation of high-speed passenger rail" in Texas has just been reported favorably as substituted, meaning the full Senate will vote on it. See our previous coverage at

http://acretexas.blogspot.com/2009/04/caronas-sb-1570-promotes-texas-t-bone.html

We reported the problems with the T-Bone plan being pushed by the South Central High-Speed Rail Transportation Corporation, the Obama Federal plan, and the conflicts between them.