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John Whitmire: “Southwest Airline [killed the rapid transit project].”

Featuring: John Whitmire, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Houston | Texas

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The State of Houston: A Conversation with Mayor John Whitmire

Published | Video Starts at 58:37

You know, I almost had a rapid transit, a fast bullet train here in Dallas in 88, … Southwest Airline [killed the rapid transit project]. … There's a highway building industry that don't want you to get off the highways, but anyway, okay, but back to Missouri and Katy. (58:37–58:39)

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Asserts that Southwest Airline was responsible for halting the rapid transit project.

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