[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!