Maybe Our Railroads Need Some Robber Barons - Is Florida’s Brightline a remedy for our ailing rail system?
(commonplace.substack.com)
I think developing high speed rail lines in the US is still a good thing. The US is severely lacking and behind other countries in that regard.
What I'm gathering from the article is this:
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Florida regulations stupidly ban train horns in many places where they should be. Doesn't seem like the fight of high speed rail itself, but rather the regional government.
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High speed rail lines are supposed to have fences around the tracks I guess so pedestrians can't cross away from crossings?? That seems to be the biggest issue that I gathered from the article.
So am I reading that correctly? Seems as though these issues are supposed to be addressed by the government.