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The '''Texas Triangle''' is one of eleven [[megaregions of the United States|''megaregions'' in the United States]]. These are urban areas that are much greater in scale than a [[metropolitan statistical area]] (MSA), defined by the US Census Bureau. These regions also are known as ''[[megapolitan area]]s''. This term is derived from the fact that the three main cities in the Texas Triangle are connected by a highway system of [[Interstate 45]], [[Interstate 10]], and [[Interstate 35]], which form a triangle when connected.
The '''Texas Triangle''' is one of eleven [[megaregions of the United States|''megaregions'' in the United States]]. These are urban areas that are much greater in scale than a [[metropolitan statistical area]] (MSA), defined by the US Census Bureau. These regions also are known as ''[[megapolitan area]]s''. This term is derived from the fact that the three main cities in the Texas Triangle are connected by a highway system of [[Interstate 45]], [[Interstate 10]], and [[Interstate 35]], which form a triangle when connected. The area is sometime also referred to as the '''Texaplex'''.<ref name=youtube-texaplex>{{cite web| author=David Winans & MODassic Marketing | title=Texaplex video | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC16-4fh-Qc}}</ref>


In 2004, the Texas Triangle contained 5 of the 20 biggest cities in the US, and was home to more than 70% of all Texans (pop 13.8&nbsp;million).<ref name="dallasfed">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/http://www.dallasfed.org/research/houston/2004/hb0401.html|title=The Simple Economics of the Texas Triangle - Houston Business, Jan. 2004 - FRB Dallas|publisher=web.archive.org|accessdate=2014-07-12}}</ref> In the next 40 years, the population of the Texas Triangle has been projected to grow more than 65%,<ref name="utexas">{{cite web|url="http://www.soa.utexas.edu/files/csd/ReinventingTexasTriangle.pdf|title=Reinventing The Texas Triangle - UTexas CSD - 2009|publisher=utexas.edu|accessdate=2014-03-25}}</ref> or an additional ten million people, leading to 78% of Texans living and working within the Texas Triangle. From a resident's perspective, the Triangle is gradually becoming synonymous with Texas.<ref>Regional Plan Association (2008). ''America 2050: An Infrastructure Vision for 21st Century America''. New York, NY: [[Regional Plan Association]].</ref>
In 2004, the Texas Triangle contained 5 of the 20 biggest cities in the US, and was home to more than 70% of all Texans (pop 13.8&nbsp;million).<ref name="dallasfed">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/http://www.dallasfed.org/research/houston/2004/hb0401.html|title=The Simple Economics of the Texas Triangle - Houston Business, Jan. 2004 - FRB Dallas|publisher=web.archive.org|accessdate=2014-07-12}}</ref> In the next 40 years, the population of the Texas Triangle has been projected to grow more than 65%,<ref name="utexas">{{cite web|url="http://www.soa.utexas.edu/files/csd/ReinventingTexasTriangle.pdf|title=Reinventing The Texas Triangle - UTexas CSD - 2009|publisher=utexas.edu|accessdate=2014-03-25}}</ref> or an additional ten million people, leading to 78% of Texans living and working within the Texas Triangle. From a resident's perspective, the Triangle is gradually becoming synonymous with Texas.<ref>Regional Plan Association (2008). ''America 2050: An Infrastructure Vision for 21st Century America''. New York, NY: [[Regional Plan Association]].</ref>


The Triangle is anchored by the metropolitan areas of [[Houston]], [[Dallas]]–[[Fort Worth]], [[Austin]], and [[San Antonio]]. Additional MSAs in the region include Bryan-College Station, Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, and Waco. Twelve [[micropolitan]] statistical areas are within the Triangle, which includes 66 counties.<ref>http://www.texastriangle.biz/2009/02/megas-metros-micros.html{{dead link|date=July 2014}}</ref> [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]], located east of Houston, has been considered part of the Texas Triangle by numerous studies dating from 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=MegaRegions +MetroProsperity|url=http://texastriangle.org/?p=61#more-61|publisher=Houston Tomorrow and America 2050|accessdate=November 8, 2014|date=August 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=REINVENTING THE TEXAS TRIANGLE Solutions for Growing Challenges|author1=Kent Butler, Sara Hammerschmidt, Frederick Steiner and Ming Zhang|url=http://soa.utexas.edu/files/csd/ReinventingTexasTriangle.pdf|publisher=The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture Center for Sustainable Development|accessdate=November 8, 2014|pages=6, 10}}</ref><ref name="Contract or Grant No. DTRT07-G-0006">{{cite web|author1=Dan Seedah and Robert Harrison|title=Megaregion Freight Movements: A Case Study of the Texas Triangle|url=http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/43000/43400/43456/476660-00075-1.pdf|publisher=Center for Transportation Research University of Texas at Austin (Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72))|accessdate=November 8, 2014|pages=37–38|date=September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Michael Neuman and Elise Bright|title=TEXAS URBAN TRIANGLE Framework for future growth|url=https://d2dtl5nnlpfr0r.cloudfront.net/swutc.tamu.edu/publications/technicalreports/167166-1a.pdf|publisher=Texas Transportation Institute Texas A&M University System College Station, Texas 77843-3135|accessdate=November 8, 2014|pages=4–6|date=May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Ming Zhang, � Frederick Steiner, Kent Butler|title=Connecting the Texas Triangle: Economic Integration and Transportation Coordination|url=http://wwwcf.fhwa.dot.gov/exit.cfm?link=http://www.america2050.org/Healdsburg_Texas_pp_21-36.pdf|publisher=The Healdsburg Research Seminar on MegaRegions|accessdate=November 8, 2014|page=31|date=April 4, 2007}}</ref> [[Burleson County, Texas|Burleson County]] is the center of the Texas Triangle.
The Triangle is anchored by the metropolitan areas of [[Houston]], [[Dallas]]–[[Fort Worth]], [[Austin]], and [[San Antonio]]. Additional MSAs in the region include Bryan-College Station, Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, and Waco. Twelve [[micropolitan]] statistical areas are within the Triangle, which includes 66 counties.<ref>http://www.texastriangle.biz/2009/02/megas-metros-micros.html{{dead link|date=July 2014}}</ref> [[Beaumont, Texas|Beaumont]], located east of Houston, has been considered part of the Texas Triangle by numerous studies dating from 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=MegaRegions +MetroProsperity|url=http://texastriangle.org/?p=61#more-61|publisher=Houston Tomorrow and America 2050|accessdate=November 8, 2014|date=August 4, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=REINVENTING THE TEXAS TRIANGLE Solutions for Growing Challenges|author1=Kent Butler, Sara Hammerschmidt, Frederick Steiner and Ming Zhang|url=http://soa.utexas.edu/files/csd/ReinventingTexasTriangle.pdf|publisher=The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture Center for Sustainable Development|accessdate=November 8, 2014|pages=6, 10}}</ref><ref name="Contract or Grant No. DTRT07-G-0006">{{cite web|author1=Dan Seedah and Robert Harrison|title=Megaregion Freight Movements: A Case Study of the Texas Triangle|url=http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/43000/43400/43456/476660-00075-1.pdf|publisher=Center for Transportation Research University of Texas at Austin (Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72))|accessdate=November 8, 2014|pages=37–38|date=September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Michael Neuman and Elise Bright|title=TEXAS URBAN TRIANGLE Framework for future growth|url=https://d2dtl5nnlpfr0r.cloudfront.net/swutc.tamu.edu/publications/technicalreports/167166-1a.pdf|publisher=Texas Transportation Institute Texas A&M University System College Station, Texas 77843-3135|accessdate=November 8, 2014|pages=4–6|date=May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Ming Zhang, Frederick Steiner, Kent Butler|title=Connecting the Texas Triangle: Economic Integration and Transportation Coordination|url=http://wwwcf.fhwa.dot.gov/exit.cfm?link=http://www.america2050.org/Healdsburg_Texas_pp_21-36.pdf|publisher=The Healdsburg Research Seminar on MegaRegions|accessdate=November 8, 2014|page=31|date=April 4, 2007}}</ref> [[Burleson County, Texas|Burleson County]] is the center of the Texas Triangle.


Sizable metro areas in Texas outside the Triangle are [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]], [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]], [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]], [[Midland, Texas|Midland-Odessa]], [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]], [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]], [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]], [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]], [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], [[Longview, Texas|Longview]] [[Wichita Falls, Texas|Wichita Falls]] and the [[Rio Grande Valley]], which developed according to different histories and geographies.
Sizable metro areas in Texas outside the Triangle are [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]], [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]], [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]], [[Midland, Texas|Midland-Odessa]], [[Abilene, Texas|Abilene]], [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]], [[Laredo, Texas|Laredo]], [[Amarillo, Texas|Amarillo]], [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], [[Longview, Texas|Longview]] [[Wichita Falls, Texas|Wichita Falls]] and the [[Rio Grande Valley]], which developed according to different histories and geographies.
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== Texaplex ==
The term "texaplex" was coined by David Winans in 2009. A [[Portmanteau word|combination]] of the terms "Texas" and "[[metroplex]]."<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Texaplex.com |title=Definition of "texaplex" | url=http://texaplex.com/about}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[NBC D/FW]] | title=Texaplex on NBC News | url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/New-Video-Stokes-Economy-Texas-Pride.html}}</ref>

===The Texaplex Project===
The Texaplex Project refers to the online [[viral video]] and [[white paper]] that was produced by David Winans and MODassic Marketing as a response to the [[2008 recession]].<ref>{{cite web |author=The Economist |title=Lone Star rising |url=http://www.economist.com/node/13938917 }}</ref> The short video cites many economic and population statistics in Texas. Facts such as: 4 out of 5 Texans live in the Texaplex - Of all new jobs created in the US, half were in Texas. The video was freely distributed and shared across the web in an effort to counteract the bad economic news with good news.<ref>{{cite web |author=David Winans |title=Texaplex Whitepaper |url=http://www.texaplex.com/texaplex.pdf |format=PDF}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

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Texas Triangle Megaregion
Megaregion of the U.S.
Houston
Houston
Dallas
Dallas
San Antonio
San Antonio
Country United States
State(s) Texas
Population
17,745,584 (2,010) [1]

The Texas Triangle is one of eleven megaregions in the United States. These are urban areas that are much greater in scale than a metropolitan statistical area (MSA), defined by the US Census Bureau. These regions also are known as megapolitan areas. This term is derived from the fact that the three main cities in the Texas Triangle are connected by a highway system of Interstate 45, Interstate 10, and Interstate 35, which form a triangle when connected. The area is sometime also referred to as the Texaplex.[2]

In 2004, the Texas Triangle contained 5 of the 20 biggest cities in the US, and was home to more than 70% of all Texans (pop 13.8 million).[3] In the next 40 years, the population of the Texas Triangle has been projected to grow more than 65%,[4] or an additional ten million people, leading to 78% of Texans living and working within the Texas Triangle. From a resident's perspective, the Triangle is gradually becoming synonymous with Texas.[5]

The Triangle is anchored by the metropolitan areas of Houston, Dallas–Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio. Additional MSAs in the region include Bryan-College Station, Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, and Waco. Twelve micropolitan statistical areas are within the Triangle, which includes 66 counties.[6] Beaumont, located east of Houston, has been considered part of the Texas Triangle by numerous studies dating from 2000.[7][8][9][10][11] Burleson County is the center of the Texas Triangle.

Sizable metro areas in Texas outside the Triangle are Corpus Christi, El Paso, Lubbock, Midland-Odessa, Abilene, San Angelo, Laredo, Amarillo, Tyler, Longview Wichita Falls and the Rio Grande Valley, which developed according to different histories and geographies.

The megaregion is defined in work by "America 2050" and others. Dr. Robert Lang of the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech characterized Dallas–Fort Worth as one of the earliest recognized megapolitans. Although each city is distinct, Dallas and Fort Worth developed closely enough to form the urban area widely known as "The Metroplex." A conference about the future of the Texas Triangle was held by Houston Tomorrow and America 2050 on September 24–25, 2009 in Houston.

The 60,000-square-mile (160,000 km2) region contains most of the state's largest cities and metropolitan areas, and in 2008 had a total of 17 million people, nearly 75 percent of Texas's total population.[12] The region is comparable to Florida in population and comparable to Georgia in area. But, the Texas triangle comprises less than a quarter of Texas's total land area.

According to the University of Texas at Austin Center for Sustainable Development, "the Texas Triangle has three sides measuring 271, 198, and 241 miles in ground distance."[13]

Metropolitan areas

Image of the Texas Triangle at night from the International Space Station

Micropolitan areas

Counties Contained in the Triangle

There are 66 Counties within the Texas Triangle. They Include the folliwng: Atascosa Austin Bandera Bastrop Bell Bexar Brazoria Brazos Burleson Caldwell Chambers Collin Colorado Comal Cooke Coryell Dallas Delta Denton Ellis Falls Fayette Fort Bend Freestone Gavelston Gonzales Grayson Grimes Guadalupe Hardin Harris Hays Henderson Hill Hood Houston Hunt Jefferson Johnson Kaufman Kendall Lavaca Lee Leon Liberty Limestone Madison McLannan Medina Milam Montgomery Navarro Orange Parker Rockwall San Jacinto Somerwell Tarrant Travis Walker Waller Washington Wharton Williamson Wilson Wise

Texaplex

The term "texaplex" was coined by David Winans in 2009. A combination of the terms "Texas" and "metroplex."[15][16]

The Texaplex Project

The Texaplex Project refers to the online viral video and white paper that was produced by David Winans and MODassic Marketing as a response to the 2008 recession.[17] The short video cites many economic and population statistics in Texas. Facts such as: 4 out of 5 Texans live in the Texaplex - Of all new jobs created in the US, half were in Texas. The video was freely distributed and shared across the web in an effort to counteract the bad economic news with good news.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Houston leads rapid Texas Triangle Megaregion growth - Houston Tomorrow". houstontomorrow.org. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  2. ^ David Winans & MODassic Marketing. "Texaplex video".
  3. ^ "The Simple Economics of the Texas Triangle - Houston Business, Jan. 2004 - FRB Dallas". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  4. ^ ["http://www.soa.utexas.edu/files/csd/ReinventingTexasTriangle.pdf "Reinventing The Texas Triangle - UTexas CSD - 2009"] (PDF). utexas.edu. Retrieved 2014-03-25. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  5. ^ Regional Plan Association (2008). America 2050: An Infrastructure Vision for 21st Century America. New York, NY: Regional Plan Association.
  6. ^ http://www.texastriangle.biz/2009/02/megas-metros-micros.html[dead link]
  7. ^ "MegaRegions +MetroProsperity". Houston Tomorrow and America 2050. August 4, 2009. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  8. ^ Kent Butler, Sara Hammerschmidt, Frederick Steiner and Ming Zhang. "REINVENTING THE TEXAS TRIANGLE Solutions for Growing Challenges" (PDF). The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture Center for Sustainable Development. pp. 6, 10. Retrieved November 8, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Dan Seedah and Robert Harrison (September 2011). "Megaregion Freight Movements: A Case Study of the Texas Triangle" (PDF). Center for Transportation Research University of Texas at Austin (Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72)). pp. 37–38. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  10. ^ Michael Neuman and Elise Bright (May 2008). "TEXAS URBAN TRIANGLE Framework for future growth" (PDF). Texas Transportation Institute Texas A&M University System College Station, Texas 77843-3135. pp. 4–6. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  11. ^ Ming Zhang, Frederick Steiner, Kent Butler (April 4, 2007). "Connecting the Texas Triangle: Economic Integration and Transportation Coordination" (PDF). The Healdsburg Research Seminar on MegaRegions. p. 31. Retrieved November 8, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Neuman, Michael; Elise Bright (May 2008). "Texas Urban Triangle: Framework for Future Growth". SWUTC/08/167166-1. Texas A&M University System. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  13. ^ Kent Butler; Sara Hammerschmidt; Frederick Steiner; Ming Zhang (2009). "Defining The Region" (pdf). Reinventing the Texas Triangle. Center for Sustainable Development, School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin. p. 5. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  14. ^ a b Current Lists of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Definitions - U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
  15. ^ "Definition of "texaplex"". Texaplex.com.
  16. ^ "Texaplex on NBC News". NBC D/FW.
  17. ^ The Economist. "Lone Star rising".
  18. ^ David Winans. "Texaplex Whitepaper" (PDF).

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