high speed rail
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Would love to have the option but asking Americans to spend tax dollars on anything ever is a lost cause.
Using high speed rail in Europe is really nice. I know I would use it if available. Great way to travel.
Not gonna happen. America is broke.
Bragging rights, climate change, no one would ride it, fail.
The land acquisition snd infrastructure for this is now cost prohibitive.how cool would this be?
Look at the cal disaster in the works.
Cool idea, but doubt it happens for a while if ever. We have other "priorities". And what would the ROI be for the vast expanses in the midwest?
Just wanted Hell on Wheels, funny that Cheyenne and Salt Lake are just spur lines.
Just wanted Hell on Wheels, funny that Cheyenne and Salt Lake are just spur lines.
Wrong. We don’t bat an eye when it is for bailouts, or dubious gov contracts, or these days to put up secret service guys in trashy hotels. Never mind the shady shit in regards to military profiteering.
Because we’re likely going to need it at some point. Because there is freedom in choice. There are a whole host of reasons, none of which you would likely accept, many of which should be appealing, in theory at least, to conservatives.
After living in Europe and using high speed rail it is fantastic. The states however won't support it due to the tax increases and cheap gas.
True. I’ll rephrase. Asking Americans to invest in infrastructure using tax dollars is usually a lost cause.
With the Covid 19 mass transit is dead. You saw the NYC subway filled with sleeping homeless using it as a motel on wheels. Self driving Uber cars will be the only way to go...
Who cleans and sanitizes the self-driving Uber car between passengers?
Jebus, if it can drive itself it sure as hell can give itself a bath...
How about this? Instead of giving oil, gas and coal companies tax breaks and subsidies, we build this with that money?
I'm down with it.
I'm down with it.
I'd love it, just like the trains I took across Europe.
A high-speed rail from DFW to Houston has been floated around in numerous articles/updates since I was in college 10ish years ago -- maybe even before then.
Doubt it ever happens at this point, but if it does, I'll be using it.
A high-speed rail from DFW to Houston has been floated around in numerous articles/updates since I was in college 10ish years ago -- maybe even before then.
Doubt it ever happens at this point, but if it does, I'll be using it.
You would be using it to do what, exactly?
Do you routinely drive from Dallas to Houston and back?
It's a great idea idea, but I like buying, maintaining, fixing, and paying exorbitant costs to drive.
Signed,
America
Signed,
America
Flying is so miserable of an experience high speed rail would be my primary method of taking long distance trips. It would probably be cheaper than driving once gas, food, and hotels are accounted for.
I agree, but without a stop in the QCA or Iowa City (or both), I couldn’t see myself using it much. Driving nearly three hours to Des Moines, Chicago, Champaign, or Quincy would defeat much of the reason why I would be taking a train.
I also don’t believe tracks would pass through the QC without a stop either.
I think high speed rail as an interstate travel solution is misguided. Makes more sense in Europe because the counties are smaller.
I think the focus should be on states connecting their rural and smallish cities to their larger cities.
I think the focus should be on states connecting their rural and smallish cities to their larger cities.
Figured this was a thread about OPs mom. Leaving disappointed
OP's mom prefers a long slow train over a high speed rail.
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