Comments on: Would High-speed Rail Benefit Arkansas? http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2009/08/24/would-high-speed-rail-benefit-arkansas/ The INOV8 blog tracks the latest news and trends in technology and innovation throughout the world. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:31:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mcarter http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2009/08/24/would-high-speed-rail-benefit-arkansas/#comment-80 mcarter Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:43:27 +0000 http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=291#comment-80 Well, the reality of it is, an interstate high-speed rail system, much less a route between Little Rock and Dallas, remains just a pipe dream. By the time that vision is realized, Arkansas may well have leapfrogged its neighbors as a source for tech-based innovation. We're talking high-speed rail, so we may as well dream. Which is more likely, I wonder? Actually implementing such a rail system, or Arkansas emerging as a prominent tech hub? Well, the reality of it is, an interstate high-speed rail system, much less a route between Little Rock and Dallas, remains just a pipe dream. By the time that vision is realized, Arkansas may well have leapfrogged its neighbors as a source for tech-based innovation.

We’re talking high-speed rail, so we may as well dream. Which is more likely, I wonder? Actually implementing such a rail system, or Arkansas emerging as a prominent tech hub?

]]> By: Peggy Gabriel http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2009/08/24/would-high-speed-rail-benefit-arkansas/#comment-78 Peggy Gabriel Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:12:36 +0000 http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=291#comment-78 A Dallas-LR connection would be great - if we're aiming to send all our Arkansas shoppers to the Galleria and the Dallas Cowboys Stadium for weekend spending sprees. Meanwhile, Arkansas' technical hubs in Fayetteville, Little Rock and Jonesboro would remain balkanized as ever, with our technology entrepreneurs functionally captive in their respective communities. On the other hand, a 2.5 hour commute would almost certainly make it attractive for our Little Rock technical workforce to get well-paying jobs in Dallas and simply contribute to the growth of DFW Metro businesses. Commuters in the outlying suburbs of Atlanta, New York, San Francisco and other large metro areas routinely live in this fashion. Maybe some of the income earned by this new generation of knowledge workers would be spent in Little Rock, eventually? A Dallas-LR connection would be great – if we’re aiming to send all our Arkansas shoppers to the Galleria and the Dallas Cowboys Stadium for weekend spending sprees. Meanwhile, Arkansas’ technical hubs in Fayetteville, Little Rock and Jonesboro would remain balkanized as ever, with our technology entrepreneurs functionally captive in their respective communities.

On the other hand, a 2.5 hour commute would almost certainly make it attractive for our Little Rock technical workforce to get well-paying jobs in Dallas and simply contribute to the growth of DFW Metro businesses. Commuters in the outlying suburbs of Atlanta, New York, San Francisco and other large metro areas routinely live in this fashion. Maybe some of the income earned by this new generation of knowledge workers would be spent in Little Rock, eventually?

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