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Pretty sure paying off our debts,educating our kids and fixing the bridges that might collapse at any moment should come before a federally funded train that wo
by worklogin 11y ago
Pretty sure paying off our debts,educating our kids and fixing the bridges that might collapse at any moment should come before a federally funded train that won't benefit more than 1% of the population.
- melling 11y agoYes, we are discussing putting a maglev from St. Louis to Boise, Idaho because someone wanted to show you why it wouldn't work in the U.S. I bet if we thought about it for another second, we'd come up with more suitable places. Los Angeles to San Francisco 400 miles Los Angeles to San Diego 150 miles NYC to Philadelphia 92 miles NYC to Boston 220 miles NYC to Washington DC 226 miles Chicago to St Louis 260 miles Dallas to Houston 240 miles Dallas to Austin 200 miles Austin to Houston 170 miles Tampa to Orlando 85 miles Miami to Orlando 235 miles
- worklogin 11y agoTo be clear, I never really thought Boise->MO was realistic. Real options still wouldn't benefit more than a small portion of the country, unless we're going to build a high-speed rail network along side the highway system. Then you're talking hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars.