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Amtrak Releases New Proposed Map After Biden's Infrastructure Speech. The Responses are Brutal.
townhall.com ^ | 4/1/2021 1040hrs edt | Cortney O'Brien

Posted on 04/01/2021 9:50:23 AM PDT by 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.

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To: rktman

Saving

AMTRAK route map


81 posted on 04/01/2021 10:17:44 PM PDT by octex (word tag.)
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To: yuleeyahoo

Freight has always been the big money maker in rail. Amtrak needs to be subcontracted to the freight roads. Cheaper and more efficient.


82 posted on 04/02/2021 12:57:51 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: john316
How do I get to Boise or Sioux Falls

Or Honolulu?

Kristi Noem Upset Amtrak Won't Use Infrastructure Money For Rail Lines to Alaska, Hawaii and South Dakota

83 posted on 04/02/2021 3:34:02 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

But, thinkin’ they may extend the H-1 for interisland travel. Pretty sure I heard a clip of pedo joe talking about improving the interstate so that you can go coast to coast without using a single tank of gas on a high speed train. Or something. Hard to figure out what he’s muttering about with the uh, thing, and stuff. Now, where did I put Major?


84 posted on 04/02/2021 7:34:23 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: sphinx

I’d be pissed if I lived outside the NEC. That seems to be where a great chuck of all AMTRAK money is going. Those states served by the NEC should pay a LOT more for that HS rail and service!!! So more money could go elsewhere... But, you know, if there’s ANY “Federal” money, that NY and Boston will find a way to get more than their share!!


85 posted on 05/02/2021 1:42:32 PM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: Olog-hai

For reference,do know where the private sector, from anywhere in the world, in the last 20-30 years has built out a HS Rail line the length of NY to Chicago??


86 posted on 05/02/2021 1:44:57 PM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: FamiliarFace
Amtrak 50th Anniversary - A Year of Celebration Official Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bxJAbbAR2w They show a map (from 1971?) in that video that seems to show service from DFW up past Wichita to Newton, Kansas, which is on the Southwest Chief Line.
87 posted on 05/02/2021 1:48:57 PM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: Graybeard58

Don’t need to run to the mainland...just between islands.


88 posted on 05/02/2021 1:58:26 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: rktman

Followed link, got this: 404 Not Found


89 posted on 05/02/2021 1:59:50 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: rktman
Others asked why Europe is miles ahead of us when it comes to transportation.

It's because Europe is miles behind us - and more densely populated. Chicago to New Orleans = 926 miles. Edinburgh to London = 403 miles.

90 posted on 05/02/2021 2:04:21 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: rktman

Local Dims are seizing on this insanity to try to build a passenger train along the Colorado Front Range. Seriously. The Denver Metro can’t support the existing light rail network, but these “transportation” zealots want to build a big boy railroad no one will use.


91 posted on 05/02/2021 2:07:27 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Texan4Life

None, because no government in the world ever permitted it.

The closest we got was the “Northeast Corridor” under the Penn Central Railroad (a merger of the Pennsylvania RR with the New York Central RR plus associated affiliates such as the New Haven RR); the Budd Metroliner train was supposed to have run at 160 mph in regular service, but thanks to federal government interference they traveled no faster than 110 mph, although they did achieve a 90-mph average speed on super-express trains between New York and Washington DC.


92 posted on 05/02/2021 3:23:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Texan4Life

Also wanted to point out that most government-built HSR lines overseas are limited to about 400-500 miles due to geography and national borders.


93 posted on 05/02/2021 3:42:03 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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