The question that Dallasites and Houstonians need to ask is whether they want to evolve their cities over the coming decades [1] toward a form that supports Hig

The question that Dallasites and Houstonians need to ask is whether they want to evolve their cities over the coming decades [1] toward a form that supports High Speed Rail. Primarily this would look like denser development around the rail hubs, plus infrastructure upgrades into and out of those locations. High-Speed Rail is a very long-term (probably multi-generation) commitment. (Edit: A typical mistake that people make when thinking about high-speed rail is to assume that the current form of a city is permanent. Dallas and Houston in particular are very pro-development, which means that in some ways it's actually easier to change the city form of those places.) [1] My father's last job before his retirement was long-term land use planning for Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).