The interstate system was a massive subsidy to cars and car dependant lifestyles. To compare it to tech disruption like what happened to ferries makes the death

The interstate system was a massive subsidy to cars and car dependant lifestyles. To compare it to tech disruption like what happened to ferries makes the death of interstate passenger rail seem natural. In reality, no industry could survive their competitor being so heavily subsidized. If we threw that amount of money at high speed rail, we could probably choke out a good portion of the airline and car industry combined.