>>1670401Quite literally zero reason why that area wouldn't develop if a HSR station with direct connection to Houston and Dallas came in. It's not possible to go to Austin or San Antonio in the short term.
>>1670403Unlike the public sector, the private sector has deadlines to keep and investors to please.
>>1670412This is the current map of the light rail system in Dallas. Most neighborhoods along the main highways have good access to a station. The problem is that currently the only real use of the light rail is to commute to downtown or to the airport, not much is within walking distance of stations currently (except for mixed-use areas like Cityline) - so ridership is far below capacity that it can accomodate given the accessible neighborhoods and infrastructure. This would change that since supercommuters are added to the mix.
In Houston, the light rail is extremely compact within the first ring road and carries lots of passengers because it has a few extremely important stops connecting the various densely urbanized areas throughout the city. In this case, people living within the dense inner ring of the metro probably can access the proposed HSR station by light rail just fine but people from the suburbs would have to drive in.
