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Originally Posted by atxsnail
A new passenger rail committee has been formed in central Texas. The Travis and Bexar County Judges are leading this effort. Hopefully something comes out of this some day. It's nice to see serious people taking up the idea of improving San Antonio/Austin rail connection. Of note on the list of committee members is Husein Cumber, Chief Strategy Officer for Florida East Coast Industries, which is the parent company of Brightline. There's also a representative from Amtrak as well.
https://www.austinmonitor.com/storie...ail-committee/
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Not sure what to make of it but at first glance it feels a very heavy San Antonio presence.
Peter Sakai, Bexar County judge
Henry Cisneros, former United States secretary of Housing and Urban Development and mayor of San Antonio
Melissa Cabello Havrda, San Antonio Council Member, District 6, and chair of the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Dottie Watkins, president and CEO for Capital Metro
Jeff Davis, rail division director for Texas Department of Transportation
Todd Stennis, government affairs director for Amtrak
Amy Rister, committee director, Texas House Transportation Committee
Joe Black, senior vice president for WSP Transit and Rail Operations & Service Planning
Ross Milloy, president of the Greater Austin-San Antonio Corridor Council
Clay Anderson, dxecutive director of Restart Lone Star Rail District
A.J. Bingham, founder and CEO of the Bingham Group
Jay Crossley, executive director of Farm & City
Veronica Davis, director of Cities Program at AtkinsRealis
Gavin Martin, director of Rail & Transit at AtkinsRealis
Karen Kennard, co-managing shareholder for Greenberg Traurig
Peter LeCody, president of Texas Rail Advocates
Bill McCamley, executive director of Transit Forward
Sandy Guzman, CEO, Austin Area Research Organization
Meg Merritt, principal for Movitas Mobility
Jerry Smiley, vice president and senior program manager for AECOM
John Kleinheinz, CEO of Kleinheinz Capital Partners and board member of Texas Central Partners
Andy Jent, private equity and special situations for Kleinheinz Capital Partners
Husein Cumber, chief strategy officer of Florida East Coast Strategies
Javier Dominguez, executive analyst of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council