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Likely not realistic. Rail in the US, speaking modernly, tends to wind up being an expensive boondoggle even on fairly short routes.
by Karunamon 5y ago
Likely not realistic. Rail in the US, speaking modernly, tends to wind up being an expensive boondoggle even on fairly short routes.
- nradov 5y agoThe US has one of the best freight rail networks in the world. It is far from a boondoggle. There is potential to further expand it, and reduce carbon emissions through electrifying tracks. Passenger rail is a whole separate problem.
- Karunamon 5y agoHow much of that is legacy routes where the cost of securing rights of way, dealing with NIMBYs, etc, is long since sunk? It hasn't gotten any easier.
- selectodude 5y agoThere are medians in the middle of every freeway in the United States just begging for train tracks.