Travis County leaders are exploring new ways to connect San Antonio to Austin. On Tuesday, October 21, county commissioners approved a $124,953 study from HNTB , an engineering company, to look into a new commuter rail line along State Highway 130 and Interstate 10.

"We're not going to be able to build our way using highways out of the connection problem that we have with San Antonio, and so this would allow another option," Travis County Judge Andy Brown said. "I can't think of any similar-sized, especially growing this fast, regions in the world that don't have good passenger rail service in between them."

In the Interstate 35 corridor between San Antonio and Austin, the current population is about 4.5 million, but it's expected to grow 6 to 7 million by 2030. For years, Brown said h

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