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| Topic | Transportation |
| Content | THE OKLAHOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Build a truly international airport for all of Oklahoma, about halfway between OKC and Tulsa, close to Turner Turnpike, perhaps at Stroud. Downgrade Will Rogers and Tulsa Airports. This facility would be a construction boom, would give Oklahomans many more coastal flights, as well as nonstop international destinations. An international cargo hub would emerge, with emphasis on South America, but also China and India.
To make it a success, easy ground access is necessary. Therefore a Maglev electric bullet train must simultaneously be built to connect Norman, Downtown OKC/Health Center, Cowboy Hall / Western Heritage Museum, AIRPORT, Salpulpa, and Downtown Tulsa. At 240 mile per hour, Cowboy to Airport would be 11 minutes.
Eventually, commercial centers would develop along Turner Turnpike, that then might justify a local train with intermediate stops. Planned communities with mixed residential-commercial building and concentrated city centers could be achieved. A huge early and late dividend would be breaking down one of the biggest barriers to making Oklahoma great: overcoming the destructive antipathy between OKC and Tulsa. We would have a well planned megalopolis akin to the Baltimore-Washington corridor, and avoid wasteful duplication of facilities and institutions in both cities.
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