About twenty years ago a high speed rail line was proposed for service between Dallas and Houston. All of it paid for by private investors.

The airlines went nuts and mounted an expensive PR move against it. This is because most of the travel between Houston and Dallas is business traffic which is round trip in one day.

In the end the airlines lost anyway because I-45 was rebuilt and the speed limit was raised to 65 and 70 along much of it. Now you can drive it in the same three hours you have to wait around it the airports for this trip.

I wonder if the airlines might have been in touch with the Gov on this deal?