Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW

Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by scyzoryk_xyz on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:35AM (#36917534)

Man, whenever all this train talk comes up, I get this impression that Americans really know their shit when it comes to trains. All these plans and documentations, speeds, infrastructure details, hundreds of comments, expertise - you’d think it’s all the other way around.

I live in Poland, and all I know is that it all just works here (more or less).

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Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by achates on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:51AM (#36919796)

Trains aren't a good fit for the US outside the northeast corridor. We have a fantastic interstate highway system for medium distances and for longer trips flying is cheaper and faster.

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Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by scyzoryk_xyz on Sunday July 30, 2023 @04:09AM (#36928982)

Yeah, I think I can say we were/are intensely jealous of that interstate infrastructure. And yet you don’t see the same amount of people poring over all the minutae details that you see with trains - just funny how that works isn’t it?

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