Plans are reportedly being revived for a high-speed rail link utilizing Japanese trains running between Houston and Dallas.

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.”

    • hakase@lemm.eeEnglish
      20·
      7 months ago

      Lol my wife is from DFW and the first thing she said was “why the fuck would anyone want to go to Houston?”

      • TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world
        8·
        7 months ago

        Texas cities (like most in US, but TX seem on another level) are car centric urban sprawl. Nobody really wants to go to any of them for the city itself. We might go to the Dallas Zoo, or Dallas art gallery (both are nice), but not “Dallas”.

        I do enjoy going to “London” or “Paris”.

        • bradorsomething@ttrpg.network
          3·
          7 months ago

          London is so small though, the gas station isn’t even open much - better to drive to Junction. At least Paris is the County Government.

        • fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee
          2·
          7 months ago

          Agreed. A bunch of loud, dangerous vehicles taking up the majority of public space with their lifeless, hard infrastructure while polluting the air and filling our brains with micro plastics.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
      3·
      7 months ago

      In all seriousness, the two cities do a ton of business together. Dallas is the state’s financial capital and Houston is its largest port and energy export terminal. The air travel between these cities runs every 30 minutes from sun up to sun down, with a few overnights to boot, completely maxed out. And I-45 is a clogged bowel of a highway during every major holiday and sports event.

            • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
              1·
              7 months ago

              I don’t care about those things

              I can’t imagine why you’d be more invested in hating Dallas than eating brisket or going to the closest thing we’ve got to an amusement park since AstroWorld closed.

              Not many other things come to mind that Houston broadly agrees on.

              We all hate trains for some reason. But like bikes? Its a bit confused, I’ll admit.

                • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
                  2·
                  7 months ago

                  Honestly, I don’t know that you’d get broad consensus on any of this stuff across greater Houston

                  You definitely create a bunch of traffic around NRG.

                  excepting support for local sports teams—it’s pretty heterogenous

                  There’s definitely a Houston food culture, particularly with the intersection of East Asian and Creole. I had a bowl of crawfish etouffee Ramen Noodles at Tatsuya that I challenge you to find anywhere else. Houston is definitely a blended culture, but I wouldn’t call it heterogenous. The old 80s-era red lines have run thin and the appeal of cheap real estate has done more than just toss the city’s salad.

                  I just live here, I’ve never really felt like part of the community.

                  Maybe I get a different perspective living inside 610. Maybe COVID refreshed my outlook on my neighborhood. Maybe ten years in the same spot just gave me a chance to meld with my neighbors. But I definitely vibe with my neighbors more than I did out in Sugar Land or even on campus in Austin.

                  When I run into people at the park or in the tunnels that I recognize, despite being a a city of several million, it feels like a smaller town than it is.