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For as much as I love the dream of high-speed rail linking our great metropoli, the thought of spending hundreds of billions of dollars to build out a network l
by e0m 10y ago
For as much as I love the dream of high-speed rail linking our great metropoli, the thought of spending hundreds of billions of dollars to build out a network like that is daunting, especially when a flight from BOS to DC already costs $36 and only takes 1½ hrs. Not to mention what autonomous cars might do to the picture.
- pnut 10y agoYep, pretty much. As a die-hard train lover, I've moved on to autonomous cars as the hope for civilized travel in the future. Like a tiny train that takes you wherever you want to go. Plus, the era of public spending on public good in the US is over.
- huherto 10y agoMay be the cars will travel very close taking advantage of drafting. Like trains on the highway.