Willie - Kalifornia is broke and currently has several failing rail mass transit systems eating tax revenue. Texas didn’t fall for this sh*t before and is less likely to believe they can spend their way to prosperity. The Baltimore-Washington corridor is already a reality (after muliple decades of subsidies)and is marginally competitive to air between NY and WASH. Marginally, when you compute the commuter costs (Time and money) from airport to city center. If you are not headed to the NYC center, then air is more competitive. So where is this huge demand for heavy or light rail coming from? Who will ride it, and how will it be managed to contain future costs to remain competitive? Governments are not too good on the managing of operating costs.
Kalifornia is broke and currently has several failing rail mass transit systems eating tax revenue. Texas didn’t fall for this sh*t before and is less likely to believe they can spend their way to prosperity.
Kalifornia is going broke because of all the welfare services it provide to its illegal alien community that Texas does not.
And since Jorge Arbusto and Governor Goodhair screwed up so badly, the odds of providing Texans with the quality mass transit systems they deserve have improved dramatically.
Good transportation infrastructure always enhances commerce and the local economy.