> Wow, it's almost like there's demand Demand was never the biggest problem. No major region or state in the US can do high-speed rail as easily or cheaply as

> Wow, it's almost like there's demand Demand was never the biggest problem. No major region or state in the US can do high-speed rail as easily or cheaply as Texas and they're still struggling to push through comparably modest roadblocks there. They're looking at more than a decade on a very simple line just from Dallas to Houston. It looks increasingly like the Texas line has a good chance of being constructed. However if it was that difficult for Texas, California can forget about it (unless the Federal Government gets involved and becomes belligerent, which I would favor). https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/high-speed-rail-project-becoming-reality/287-4f27d430-d2bb-4a32-b8eb-61f1bac82030 https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/high-speed-rail-proj... If it were as straight-forward as spending a reasonable sum of money and building the rail, the US would already have numerous prominent high-speed rail routes.