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Anon likes trains (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Something like 30% of the US lives in the strip between Washington DC and Boston. It's absolutely achievable for the richest country on Earth to provide high speed rail in that section.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    There's already a lot of passenger rail options in that part of the country. I've used it, and it works great.

    This post is specifically about using it in place of airlines, which is used for longer-distance travel.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    If you want to use it in place of airlines, you need high-speed rail. Something that the US has basically none of

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Which goes back to the issue of the difficulty of building high-speed rail across long distances.

    Higj-speed rail can't be built at grade like freight rail. You can't risk a cow getting through a fence or a crossing signal failure leading to a high-speed train collision.

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