It needs to be complimented by better local transport infrastructure, or else we just end up with bigger parking lots on both ends
Shit, I'd be happy with a good commuter rail network lol
Can anyone please provide a bit of background on this YouTuber?
That'd be cool, as long as Musk isn't allowed anywhere near the project.
If it's such a good idea, why aren't the private RR companies getting together to ask that question? Questions like: who pays for it? what does 'high speed mean' (150mph average = about 20 hours), why transcontinenal (SF to NY is mostly EMPTY) and who'd benefit the most (not most of US).
I read the other day that some company is making JET fuel entirely of human poo. Sounds like saner option.
I think there would need to be a lot of public funding, and the amount of airline lobby money against this would make it impossible.
Good idea or not, it all comes down to money.
Right now, the federal government pays for Amtrak, along with a few ticket sales and whatnot. They got 66 billion dollars last year from the feds. Private companies simply couldn't afford to run passenger rail, it's just not profitable when airlines and the highway system exist. Hell, the rail companies struggle to compete with trucks on freight.
Edit: Got curious. In 2020, Amtrak ran 16.8 million passengers. They effectively got paid 3928 dollars per passenger, not including the cost to the passengers themselves.
I’m not sure the moderator of a right-wing propaganda community on lemm.ee is really the right person to be talking about how something shouldn’t be because it isn’t “profitable” for private companies.
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