Reliable Transportation Routes

Texas supports a state-of-the-art transportation and telecommunications network that facilitates the movement of people, goods and information.

• Texas has 26 points of entry, providing direct access to the markets of Mexico and Latin America.
• Texas' temperate climate means fewer transport delays due to severe weather.
• Six Texas locations (Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth/Arlington, El Paso, Laredo and San Antonio) are among the "Top Metros in Transportation and Distribution" (source: Expansion Management Magazine.)

Air

• Texas has 27 airports in 24 major cities with 1,800 landing sites throughout the state.
• Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is the fourth busiest airport in the nation, serving more than 52 million passengers in 2002. George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston served close to 34 million passengers in 2002.
• Fort Worth Alliance Airport is the first airport to be built strictly to serve the intermodal distribution needs of business.
• Three major airlines - Continental, Southwest Airlines and American Airlines - are based in Texas.

Rail

• Forty-five railroads operate on almost 12,000 miles of track to carry more than 300 million tons of freight a year.
• Texas has access to Mexico's industrial north with five gateways into Mexico by rail.

Highways

• Texas has 300,000 miles of public roads - more than any other state.
• The new Trans Texas Corridor will revolutionize mobility in Texas. It is largely financed by the private-public partnerships that allow accelerated building through innovative financing.

Water

• Texas has 13 deep-water ports with channels at least 30 feet deep, and 29 seaports line the Gulf Coast.
• The Port of Houston is ranked first in the nation in foreign waterborne commerce, and ranks second in the nation and sixth in the world in total tonnage.