“Last time I took a train in the USA it was pathetic. Everyone was old, ugly and very... very rude. The A/C hardly worked, the bathrooms were as bad as Chinese public toilets, and it was expensive to boot.”
In the USA trains are for COAL, not people.
The Interstate Highway System goes EVERYWHERE and everywhere in between. Add the state, county, and local roads and you can go anywhere you want to. Once you get to where you are going, you have your personal local transportation with you.
High speed rail is a liberal pipe dream. It doesn’t fit for the USA.
Americans want to ride their own horses, not a wagon in a wagon train.
Amen.
Just remember, when you're dealing with vannrox, to check out his posting history. He's gone full ChiCom. He must love the forced abortions, the social-credit scoring system, the political prisoner organ harvesting, etc., etc.
I would point out that HSR might make sense in limited, high traffic corridors in the US - and not government subsidized or controlled either. If a private company wants to try, should they be penalized?
Also, I would point out that the Amtrak Acela semi-high speed rail is the only part of Amtrak’s entire network that has good ridership and even begins to break even.