Thank you for the correction York
I have no idea how the h**l that happened.
As the Harold. For marketing, metro areas and combined statistical areas are the preferred standard of use. He simply dislikes the idea of passenger rail or anything related to rail as it competes with his business.
Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area in 2024 is 1,001,010.
Des Moines metropolitan area in 2024 is 753,913 according to US Census.
If that Lincoln is Lincoln, Nebraska, they had just over 340K in the 2020 census; I donāt know how they tally college students, but I doubt there are more than half a million of them.
It was already corrected several posts earlier by York1. Gilding the lily?
In any case, it is apparent that some members like to quibble about an erroneous detail here (and on CMStPnPās remarks about the TC) rather than examine the potential Chicago to Lincoln, NE corridor of 5oo+ miles. Perhaps this forum should be the Anti-Passenget Rail Forum? So negative or else locked in the past.
No, confirming with a reference.
Iām still interested in why you thought Lincoln had over a million population.
As best I can retrace my process on the first post I think I got it mixed up with the number for Des Moines.
In any case, I found it disturbing that Harold acted like nobody lives in Flyover Land, at least not in Iowa. As a trucker, you would think he knew better than that from driving?
The number of people is at least what the Government attests is there. The real concern is how many of them want to travel to other cities and back, and how much purchasing power they care to use doing it.
There was enough interest in A&M students using TC that the college considered setting up a shuttle serviceā¦
Cool map with county populations. I like it because you can filter it by size. Say everything over a half million. Or whatever.
Back to Texas.
Private Funding Gains Momentum for Texas High-Speed Rail Project
.https://www.railway.supply/en/private-funding-gains-momentum-for-texas-high-speed-rail-project/
Cool. I always thought Amtrak getting involved wouldnāt have worked. Please keep us posted!