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> our safety standards for train cars in the US are head and shoulders above Europe It's strange to regulate something you don't have. Maybe Europe has learned
by tazjin 10y ago
> our safety standards for train cars in the US are head and shoulders above Europe
It's strange to regulate something you don't have. Maybe Europe has learned from actual experience with trains what standards are needed?
Lets see what President Trump does with these sorts of things in his $1tn infrastructure package.
- trome 10y agoWe do have rail currently, passenger rail is a thing all over the US, whether it be commuter rail, light rail, or Amtrak. Its a common misconception, I had to explain to a MS exec the other day that passenger rail service from Seattle to Portland already exists, and her plans she was going to go push had been implemented a decade ago already. Re: Trump's infrastructure plan, I highly doubt we'll see any rail improvements, whether it be light rail or heavy gauge rail in West Virgina to unbottleneck their coal exports. He is very happy to walk back on promises he made on the campaign trail it seems, which is quite sad.