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IH-35 through the Austin-San Antonio Corridor is the deadliest and most congested highway in America, with over 100 fatalities a year just in the 110 miles between Georgetown and San Antonio.
Recent studies show that congestion for freight and motorists is costing us hundreds of millions of dollars a year in the Austin-San Antonio Corridor. Unless new alternatives are found to our traditional modes of travel, ever-rising traffic fatalities, urban sprawl, rapidly deteriorating air quality, economic stagnation, increased congestion, and increasingly frustrated motorists are our certain future.
New highways, increasingly more expensive to build, are often filled to capacity almost as soon as they are completed. Our Corridor — bounded to the west by the Edwards Plateau, the Edwards Aquifer, and the Hill Country — presents unique environmental challenges in trying to find new highway routes to accommodate growth.
Once passenger rail service is up and running, riders will be able to plan their trips via the website. Based on successful trip planning services offered by other U.S. transit systems, riders will be able to customize their trip by entering a starting point and end point and specifying dates, times and other variables.
The website will also offer information on:
- Schedules
- Fares and fare calculator
- Route maps
- Ticket information
- Reduced-fare passes
- Intermodal connections and transfer information
- New Riders guide
To see how easy and convenient it can be, take a look at on-line trip planning services offered by transit providers around the United States: