- High speed rail will take the same amount of time to get to Houston or Dallas in door-to-door travel time
- Does not solve roadway traffic congestion
- high speed rail “solid embankment may interrupt agricultural operations”
- high speed rail solid embankment may interupt migration patterns of local wildlife”
- ” disrupt the peace and quiet for families used to living in rural areas”
- Negatively impact rural proeprty values
- taxpayer subsidies
- impair private property rights
The Battalion | Texas high speed rail meets opposition from land owners