5 Points from State Rep. Byron Cook. High Speed Rail Op-Ed

  • The “Japanese – Texas High Speed Rail Project” is too good to be true
  • It is a “bullet aimed at property owners ”  to the benefit of “commercial real estate venture or for the state’s master transportation plan for the future.”
  • The project is touted by “private real estate speculators”
  • Reliance on Japanese rail technology has 2 problems:
    • its not compatible to existing rail in Texas
    • “future generations of Texas rail customers hostage to a monopoly railroad technology with NO competitive suppliers”
  • its “disingenuous” to say the rail project won’t rely on taxpayer funding

Corsicana Daily Sun | OPINION: A Closer Look at the Japanese – Texas High Speed Rail Project

Huntsville The Item | A closer look at the Japanese Texas high-speed rail project