President Joe Biden is reportedly seeking to revive a project that would construct a high-speed railway from Houston to Dallas in Texas utilizing Japanese bullet trains.

According to a Reuters report on Tuesday, citing unnamed administration sources, the White House is looking to make an announcement on the project following talks between Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington, D.C., this week.

The Japanese government and the White House declined to comment on the report, though the project has seen renewed support from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who told KXAS in Fort Worth on Sunday: "We believe in this."

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[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

First of all doubt , they'll probaby embezzle all the money and have nothing to shie for it 10 years from now - if it even gets that far.

But second, Houston to Dallas? Who wants that? Most people in Houston would rather build a wall around Dallas to keep them out

[–] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Houston to Dallas? Who wants that?

>On average, 24,300 people travel between the Dallas-Fort Worth area and Houston every day, there are 900 monthly flights , or 30 per day, between the Dallas-Fort Worth Area and Houston.

so quite a few people apparently.

[–] HexBroke@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't even make the top ten busiest US domestic route list

[–] jack@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah but a lot of those busiest ones are already covered by the Northeast Corridor for trains

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

I get it. I used to live in Houston and its kind of a joke about how much people in Houston hate Dallas and people from there

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But second, Houston to Dallas? Who wants that? Most people in Houston would rather build a wall around Dallas to keep them out

The people who commute regularly between them. Planes are expensive and TSA makes it more time consuming.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But have you considered that Dallas sucks?

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago

Its in Texas. What else would you expect?

[–] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

fair, but some parts of the city look nice

I can't forgive running light rail every 20 minutes though