Plans are reportedly being revived for a high-speed rail link utilizing Japanese trains running between Houston and Dallas.

President Joe Biden is reportedly seeking to revive a project that would construct a high-speed railway from Houston to Dallas in Texas utilizing Japanese bullet trains.

According to a Reuters report on Tuesday, citing unnamed administration sources, the White House is looking to make an announcement on the project following talks between Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington, D.C., this week.

The Japanese government and the White House declined to comment on the report, though the project has seen renewed support from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who told KXAS in Fort Worth on Sunday: “We believe in this.”

  • hakase@lemm.eeEnglish
    20·
    8 months ago

    Lol my wife is from DFW and the first thing she said was “why the fuck would anyone want to go to Houston?”

    • TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world
      82·
      8 months ago

      Texas cities (like most in US, but TX seem on another level) are car centric urban sprawl. Nobody really wants to go to any of them for the city itself. We might go to the Dallas Zoo, or Dallas art gallery (both are nice), but not “Dallas”.

      I do enjoy going to “London” or “Paris”.

      • bradorsomething@ttrpg.network
        3·
        8 months ago

        London is so small though, the gas station isn’t even open much - better to drive to Junction. At least Paris is the County Government.

      • fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee
        2·
        8 months ago

        Agreed. A bunch of loud, dangerous vehicles taking up the majority of public space with their lifeless, hard infrastructure while polluting the air and filling our brains with micro plastics.