<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/sustainability/news/articles/2019/03062019tracs111111.php" dsn="news"><pubDate>04/04/2025 02:22:29 PM</pubDate><title>Texas' First High Speed Rail: Houston to Dallas Sustainably in 90 Minutes</title><subtitle/><description>On Thursday September 12th, the University of Houston Office of Sustainability hosted Texas Central as the first guest in the Fall 2019 Sustainability Meetup Series. Texas Central is the company undertaking the development, design, construction, finance, and operation of the innovative new high-speed passenger train to be built in Texas. Based on the “bullet trains” of Japan, this “Texas Sized” Shinkansen will be able to take you from Houston to Dallas in less than 90 minutes.</description><author>Gabriel Durham</author><author-email>gbdurham@central.uh.edu</author-email><author-phone>713-743-6985</author-phone><image/></item>