Amtrak Releases New Proposed Map After Biden's Infrastructure Speech. The Responses are Brutal.

townhall.com ^ | 4/1/2021 1040hrs edt | Cortney O'Brien

[rktman]

In Pittsburgh on Wednesday, the president unveiled his new $2.5 trillion "infrastructure" plan which, as Katie explained, has little to do with physical infrastructure at all. Most of the money is reportedly saved to fight climate change and social justice projects.

And Amtrak wants in. Amtrak, President Biden's famously favorite mode of transportation, is now seeking to take advantage of the president's new infrastructure spending. They are asking for Congress to pave the way to help them carry 52 million passengers a year by 2035. They also released their proposed map, which includes new routes to their schedules. Some rather long routes.

[rktman]

SMDH! ChooChoo no hurt you. So, all gonna be solar and wind powered with zero emissions right? Well except for where they have no choice. Maps and press release next comment.

[rktman]

For all you ‘stakeholders’ (which we all are due to subsidies) here is the link to the press release and map:

http://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Amtrak-Connects-Us-Fact-Sheet-for-Statement.pdf

And all by 2035.

[john316]

How do I get to Boise or Sioux Falls

[Rebelbase]

It might not be high speed rail but at least it’s Amtrak.

[cuban leaf]

Who is John Galt?

[rktman]

Greyhound?

[srmanuel]

Actually we need Dagney Taggert for this job..

[MarineBrat]

>>Who is John Galt?

They’re gonna need lots of steel.

[dfwgator]

Why would Biden care where the Choo-Choo go?

[moovova]

Sounds like a job for Reardon Steel.

[cuban leaf]

Actually we need Dagney Taggert for this job..

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The problem is that there are a lot of Dagney Taggarts that still haven’t bugged out. They actually think we can fix this and just “roll with the rule changes”.

I passed that point before Trump was elected. That’s why I call my hobby farm “Galt’s Plateau”.

[rktman]

In case you missed it in the press release:

‘Millions of people, including large populations of people of color, do not have access to a reliable, fast, sustainable, and affordable passenger rail option. This is neither fair nor equitable.’

Srsly. They actually printed that. Based on the map presented, looks like you’re gonna need another million miles of trak.

[blueunicorn6]

What about Hawaii?

[cgbg]

2035

This is what .gov and large US institutions do best these days--I can them bulls*&^-ready projects.

[hanamizu]

How do I get to Boise or Sioux Falls?

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My grandfather was an engineer on the Union Pacific. When he retired, he and my grandmother got life-time passes on the railroad. Trains stopped right in his town of Glenns Ferry, Idaho. They could go pretty much anywhere east of the Mississippi.

At the end, with most passenger routes eliminated, they got Greyhound passes as compensation.

[stanne]

Why does anyone listen to much less believe one word Biden says?

That’s just insane.

He is a cheater. An influence peddler and now he is senile

[usconservative]

Who is John Galt?

Exactly right!!

[yuleeyahoo]

Passenger rail will always be the slowest way to travel until the rail line owns it’s own routes. Amtrack leases time from freight lines and receives last priority on these tracks.

[Little Pig]

On the Top Gear program years ago, they presented a study that found that cars still generate less pollution and use less fuel *per passenger* than the trains do.

[Joe Bfstplk]

Long trains to carry multitudes of illegals long distances...