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No, because our urban areas can’t handle the traffic they have now
Due to urban areas cutting down road access, adding bike lanes, and generally being hostile to anyone who drives a vehicle.
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No, because our urban areas can’t handle the traffic they have now
That has nothing to do with congestion problemsDue to urban areas cutting down road access, adding bike lanes, and generally being hostile to anyone who drives a vehicle.
Japan's bullet rail, has never had an accident in it's 57 years in existance.Are you seriously trying to compare vehicles driving on a highway to extremely high-speed cross-country rail, like Japan's Bullet Train?
Move to those nations. I am sure those with automobiles love the mobility and freedom compared to eing packed into rail cars like cattle. Driving has its drawbacks. Of course, much of the resources meant for it is spent somewhere else. Shanika needs her fifth abortion and has had three children with three different baby daddies.China and India are hardly tiny and you can get High Speed Rail through Europe
What a stupid responseMove to those nations. I am sure those with automobiles love the mobility and freedom compared to eing packed into rail cars like cattle. Driving has its drawbacks. Of course, much of the resources meant for it is spent somewhere else. Shanika needs her fifth abortion and has had three children with three different baby daddies.
That has nothing to do with congestion problems
Major access points do not have bike lanes
They are hostile to vehicles because city Infrastructure can’t handle the volume
Every person living in a city knows what the truth is. They are judged for their faults also. I bloviated in that last sentence. However, the ghettos remain the same as the costs rise to service them.What a stupid response
We can't have a bullet train because we can't build one and stay on time and on budget because the corruption of politicians and union bosses make it impossible.You used a single train accident to show why we cannot have a bullet train.
Why does your "logic" not hold for interstate highways?
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So many reasons why we will never have coast-to-coast hi-speed rail, but, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Officials advise evacuation over explosion concerns after train derailment in Ohio
Ohio officials are telling people to evacuate immediately after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed on Friday. Officials fear a major explosion could happen.www.foxnews.com
It's true the US is not as technologically advanced or capable as other developed nations, fair enough.
are those great options?
We went to NC last month for my mom's birthday.
It is about an 8 hour drive
Flying was a total of 8.5 hours not including the hour or two needed at the airport to get through security prior to your flight.
Uber was not an option.
The bus took more than a day.
Are any of those really great options?
I have taken the Acela which is our excuse for High Speed Rail.
I have taken the line between Boston and DC and it passes through Providence, NYC, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore.
I can best describe it as hurry up and wait. There are sections where you go 130 mph and then you will slow down to 20 mph due to congestion. It is faster than regular Amtrak because it doesn’t have as many stops.
As a start, we need to modernize the Boston- DC Corridor with legitimate High Speed Rail.
Then we need to look at linking NY with Chicago and a Southern link.
They are better options that spending tens of trillions of dollars on a high-speed rail system that will never actually be completed.
China and India are hardly tiny and you can get High Speed Rail through Europe
The only reason it won't is because of the gop won't fund it. It would be nice to have a decent train system to ride cross country but you're cheap and so it will remain a fanstasty. I'd like to see some 300mph trains that travel one side of the country the next.
The gop is so cheap that they're slowly turning our country into a third world one.
The only reason it won't is because of the gop won't fund it. It would be nice to have a decent train system to ride cross country but you're cheap and so it will remain a fanstasty. I'd like to see some 300mph trains that travel one side of the country the next.
The gop is so cheap that they're slowly turning our country into a third world one.
Pretty much anything. Commercial flights, buses, driving, hitch-hiking.And what options are those?
You used a single train accident to show why we cannot have a bullet train.
Why does your "logic" not hold for interstate highways?
Pretty much anything. Commercial flights, buses, driving, hitch-hiking.
Hitch hiking??Pretty much anything. Commercial flights, buses, driving, hitch-hiking.
I'm tired of paying for big things. I want a nice vehicle to go where I want, when I want.If someone were to suggest the interstate highway system today, the Panama Canal, the Erie Canal, or putting a man on the moon... there is 0.0% chance we would get it done.
We don't do great big things anymore. We're too worried about who gets the first drink at the well to dig one that will quench the thirst of the community.