The Land Runner Story
Land Runner was born from two unavoidable truths:
First, it’s important to build inspiring things.
Second, as all corridors do, Oklahoma City and Tulsa
will grow together.
As a high speed rail link between the state’s two major cities,
Land Runner seeks to be the defining piece of infrastructure for Oklahoma in the 21st century.
Land Runner connects Oklahoma City to Tulsa in as little as 30 minutes. It turns two metropolitan areas into a megaregion. It turns a flyover state into something inspiring.
Ambitious projects often receive a basic question: is it a physics problem, or a funding problem?
Land Runner breaks no laws of physics. The materials are basic: rock for ballast, steel for rails, concrete for ties, copper for wire. Of all places, Oklahoma’s land is flat and straight and many countries with far less favorable terrain have extensive high speed rail networks. It’s not a physics problem—after all, rail is hardly a new invention.
What about funding? The federal government has committed billions of dollars to high speed rail projects. And while Oklahoma is not known to be capital rich, the cost of labor and its regulatory burden is low. Well-managed, Land Runner’s construction cost per mile could be a full order of magnitude lower than similar projects in the US. It’s not necessarily a funding problem, either.
If not physics or funding, then what? It’s partly political-relational, and it’s partly a matter of will. If you’re interested in advancing Land Runner’s story and building inspiring things, email us at project@landrunner.one.
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