EBrazosAg said:
Comparing passenger/freight railroad in the 19th and 20th century to the HSR is not apples and oranges. I've been to countries with HSR and there are plenty of prosperous towns not on the HSR. Go back and come up with a better argument.....
- It's not the same, tons of different variables. Just like there is a laundry list of reasons why Amtrak isn't so great.
But the situation of a city being passed up on, by a Major Transportation source in the Texas Triangle, at near the center of the Texas Triangle is a completely different situation and math problem.
All those people, all that money, all those future Alumni / donors / opportunity will get on a train in DFW and get off in Houston. ( how many will detour to B/CS over 20 years? )
B/CS could use a pipeline of new / different revenue. B/CS is supported so much by Hotel Taxes alone it seems a transportation source pumping people into the city would be... umm.. beneficial?