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High-speed rail construction since 2008 (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I think you have that backward, even accepting the idea that profitability is an important metric. If a rail line is not used it is not profitable.

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  • [+] -12 points 1 year ago

    Which part of the

    I don’t think public transportation needs to be profitable at all

    is misunderstandable? I used profitibility as a metric of usage as trains, especially high speed ones meant to transport a fuck ton of people; which I also wrote down

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