Whose study?Heartland Institute
3 Reasons High Speed Rail Won’t Work in Texas:
- “cost estimate is likely far below the actual price”
- cost estimates in other high speed rail projects have underestimated costs
- Reason.com says it will cost tax payers $21.5 billion
- Look at the problems California has has building its easiest leg through the Central Valley
- Almost all rail in the US is expensive and underutilitized
- “Texas Central seems hell-bent on using eminent domain to force property owners to sell their land so they can build a taxpayer-funded boondoggle.”
The Heartland Institute | RESEARCH & COMMENTARY: HIGH-SPEED RAIL WON’T WORK IN TEXAS