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> Eh maybe. That's not much longer than Beijing-Shanghai. Rail can definitely be competitive. Connecting two growing mega cities by rail in a country that can
by dmix 2y ago
> Eh maybe. That's not much longer than Beijing-Shanghai. Rail can definitely be competitive.
Connecting two growing mega cities by rail in a country that can still build things vs two mid-tier cities in two different countries, neither of which build anything without a decade of delays and 3x the budget (before the projects get cancelled), is not a good analogy to use against flight IMO.
- lmm 2y ago> countries, neither of which build anything without a decade of delays and 3x the budget (before the projects get cancelled) That ends up being circular though. The main reason the US and Canada can't build anything is that they don't build anything.
- sfn42 2y agoIt's also bullshit. Clearly both the US and Canada do build lots of things.
- School-Cotton 2y agoLike what?
- rangestransform 2y agoSecond avenue subway in NYC for over 1b/mi CAHSR for ~100b A completely useless underground palace at grand central for 11b Really can’t build shit in this country without getting shaken down by unions, nimbys, lawyers, and consultants