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The U.S. has the best rail infrastructure in the world. It’s just designed for moving cargo across what used to be the world’s largest industrial center instead
by rayiner 6mo ago
The U.S. has the best rail infrastructure in the world. It’s just designed for moving cargo across what used to be the world’s largest industrial center instead of moving passengers around.
- bestouff 6mo agoYeah well not everybody agrees : https://sites.lafayette.edu/engineers-in-bonn/2025/04/22/us-vs-eu-infrastructure/ https://sites.lafayette.edu/engineers-in-bonn/2025/04/22/us-...
- rayiner 6mo agoThe second sentence of your article addresses my point: > As tourists and students studying for a semester we aren’t going to interact with electrical or plumbing related infrastructure that acts behind the scenes as long as it works. The infrastructure we are most concerned about as people traveling is transportation, specifically passenger transportation. The U.S. isn’t a tourist country and hasn’t optimized its rail infrastructure for moving tourists around. Its infrastructure is optimized for moving raw materials and finished products around a huge single market.