re high speed rail is bad in article apr hydra acs ttu edu mcgoy unicorn acs ttu edu david mcgaughey writes the question i think then becomes do we the general public need the train i certainly do not nor will i ever need this train in lubbock texas with the inexpensive air travel provided between dallas and houston i don t think people in dallas or houston need it either i totally agree really the only people this is going to benefit are those who live in the cities where the train stops who wants to drive to the train station from x lubbock for example it s probably farther to drive to the train station than it is to the nearest national airport i really can t see spending billion on a system that only three cities will benefit from
