Editing Temple, Texas (section)

====High-speed rail====
In 2009, the [[Texas Department of Transportation]] (TxDOT)  proposed the Texas T-Bone High Speed Rail Corridor that would create a [[high-speed rail]] line from [[Dallas]]-[[Fort Worth]] to [[San Antonio]] and another line from [[Houston]] that would connect with the first line.<ref>ftp://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/stimulus/t_bone.pdf</ref> While the location for the connection of the two lines had not been officially established, the mayor at the time, Bill Jones III, made an effort to ensure that connection happened in Temple.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trains4america.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/temple-texas-mayor-bill-jones-on-t-bone-high-speed-rail/|title=Temple, Texas Mayor Bill Jones on "T-Bone" high speed rail|date=18 June 2009|website=Trains4america.wordpress.com|access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref> Temple would be a stop along the line, regardless of where that connection between the two lines would be. The next year in 2010, TxDOT received a federal grant to conduct a study for a line connecting [[Oklahoma City]] with San Antonio, and Temple was in the pathway of that  line.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Texas-Awarded-56-M-For-High-Speed-Rail-Grant-106128608.html|title=Texas Awarded $5.6 M For High-Speed Rail Grant|website=Nbcdfw.com|date=October 28, 2010 |access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref> In 2013, a consultant for the Texas High Speed Rail Corporation stated that the only two connections being considered for the two lines were a connection in Temple and a connection in San Antonio; they expected to make that decision by the end of 2014. The organization also indicated that they plan to have the high-speed rail in operation by 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/Bryan-City-Council-Gets-Update-On-High-Speed-Rail-Project-225110602.html|title=Bryan City Council Gets Update On High Speed Rail Project|website=Kbtx.com|access-date=27 August 2017}}</ref> If that connection occurred in Temple, the Killeen – Temple – Fort Hood metropolitan area, with a population of 420,375, would be within about 45 minutes of Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio.