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[–] 13 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Miami to Jacksonville in half the time as driving sounds great, but then you're in Jacksonville without a car.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 child)

    Jacksonville wasn't part of the first one, it was Tampa - Orlando - Miami. Not sure about the others. Valid point, even with a train we're so car dependent other things would also have to be in place for a lot of people to use it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago

    Building it helps stimulate demand for more non-car centric infrastructure. My city built a light rail years ago, and despite stopping at pretty much a single line, tons of development popped up at most of the stops and a lot of housing along the line. None of that would have happened in a car-free way without the rail coming first.

    The US desperately needs a highspeed rail network to rival the interstate highway network. But of course, that can't happen, America is too big for railroads, apparently.

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