[pwpw]

> No it won't. Americans are too deluded by car culture to ever let that happen.

How has no one mentioned the actual reason it won’t happen? Texas citizens are not so enamored with cars that they prevent this from happening. Texans that frequently travel between Houston and Dallas fly Southwest Airlines because Southwest has spent an inordinate amount of money lobbying to prevent rail[0].

> Furthermore, HSR also requires some level of last mile connectivity by local mass public transit.

What do you think all the current business travelers are doing with their cars when they fly?

[0] https://www.texastribune.org/2014/03/07/firm-planning-texas-...

[ashayh]

You can blame Southwest or corporations all you want. But even in the 90s, people did not support HSR overwhelmingly as per your article.

And in today's socio-political climate, a politician has to simply call HSR "socialism" or some trigger word and even so called liberals will rally against HSR.

[pwpw]

What are you talking about? I feel like you’re pushing agenda talking points rather than discussing the reality in Texas. Business travel via airplane between Houston and Dallas is a major source of travel and has the exact same issue of not having a car on the other end that you mentioned, and yet it continues to be a popular form of travel.

The lack of HSR has absolutely nothing to do with consumers’ obsessions with cars and everything to do with business lobbying, difficulty in acquiring private land, and lack of government interest. It does not stem from the Texas citizens.

Further, DFW has (far more than) last mile transit from the airport with DART. How can you ignore that even if it’s not perfect? It can take you from Dallas to Fort Worth!