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@ogaugenut posted:
Naturally, it appears to be all about "fixing" passenger trains.
There is no "fixing" long distance passenger trains. They are an anachronism.
A Congress that hasn’t properly funded Amtrak for well over 40 years is going to invest in more rail opportunities?
An administration that denies the impending crisis that is the North River tunnels?
I’m laughing so hard it’s a wonder I can write this.
Maybe Sir Richard Branson needs to look "under the hood", and make suggestions...
People can grind on and on about long distance trains in the US. It isn't going to happen. We don't have the density of Europe/Japan nor the communist government of China to make it happen. The environmental studies alone just to put track from NY to LA would be in the billions, this before a single rock was moved.
Some places may need a "way out". Greyhound or megabus may be the better option.
Automobile ownership is too high for residents of the USA to be attracted back into long distance passenger trains.
