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The sad thing is, I can't tell if this is a joke.
by 39896880 2y ago
The sad thing is, I can't tell if this is a joke.
- kylehotchkiss 2y agoI’m being snarky but Japan does support other countries railroad projects (like how they loaned Delhi Metro) which is how they can get the projects done, so maybe it could work for us too
- smittywerben 2y agoI'm on board with Japan doing it.
- csomar 2y agoFinancing is different from doing it. Also, from my country’s experience they usually give loans (and are not a partner/owner); so they don’t really care about the project outcome.
- anotheruser13 2y agoJR Central is partnering with the people that want to build a bullet train from Dallas to Houston. We'll see if it ever happens. I'm hoping so!
- kylehotchkiss 2y agoThat seems like such a great route. I’m not as familiar with the area but I’m presuming the land acquisition part won’t be too bad?
- Divver 2y agoIsn’t that this one that temporarily died due to Texas legal stuff until 1 month ago when Amtrak helped save it? Yeah I hope it succeeds but there’s a lot of influential Texans who want it to fail or kill it. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-21/texas-high-speed-rail-plan-lurches-back-to-life-with-amtrak-s-help https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-21/texas-hig...
- fragmede 2y agoOne of Hong Kong's "exports" is its subway system. The MTR is the corporation behind several cities' subway systems (Stockholm, Beijing, Macau, Shenzen, Sydney, Melbourne, and more), , so snark aside, its not an idea to be rejected out of hand. I hear great things about the on time performance of Japanese trains.
- tetris11 2y agothat's more to do with a toxic work culture than anything, but as someone who regularly gets the DB between Frankfurt and Basel maybe a bit of toxicity might do some good...