> No it won't. Americans are too deluded by car culture to ever let that happen.

How has no one mentioned the actual reason it won’t happen? Texas citizens are not so enamored with cars that they prevent this from happening. Texans that frequently travel between Houston and Dallas fly Southwest Airlines because Southwest has spent an inordinate amount of money lobbying to prevent rail[0].

> Furthermore, HSR also requires some level of last mile connectivity by local mass public transit.

What do you think all the current business travelers are doing with their cars when they fly?

[0] https://www.texastribune.org/2014/03/07/firm-planning-texas-...