A side-by-side study of American and Chinese railways, perhaps a compare-and-contrast investigative journalism article, would make for interesting reading. Chin

A side-by-side study of American and Chinese railways, perhaps a compare-and-contrast investigative journalism article, would make for interesting reading. China seems well ahead of the USA here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_China > "China's railways are the busiest in the world. In 2019, railways in China delivered 3.660 billion passenger trips, generating 1,470.66 billion passenger-kilometres and carried 4.389 billion tonnes of freight, generating 3,018 billion cargo tonne-kilometres. Freight traffic turnover has increased more than fivefold over the period 1980-2013 and passenger traffic turnover has increased more than sevenfold over the same period. During the five years 2016-2020, China's railway network handled 14.9 billion passenger trips, 9 billion of which were completed by bullet trains, the remaining 5.9 billion by conventional rail." I'm assuming that in the USA the major rail owners don't want to invest in infrastructure upgrades, and longer trains mean lower labor costs? The US government doesn't want to raise taxes to pay for massive infrastructure projects (FDR New Deal programs are not on the horizon for either party), so nobody will pick up the required bill and infrastructure will just continue degrading to Third World status? The only new rail development being backed by the federal government looks like oil export trains in Utah... not exactly in line with Biden rhetoric on climate and renewable energy. https://grist.org/politics/an-oil-train-is-set-to-destroy-pristine-utah-mountains-why-wont-biden-stop-it/ https://grist.org/politics/an-oil-train-is-set-to-destroy-pr...