Why The US Has No High-Speed Rail

[KodeBlue]

1. Cost
2. NIMBY
3. The cities outside of certain corridors are too far apart. Bos, NYC, Philly, Balt, DC makes sense. The triangle, triad, Charlotte, Atlanta makes sense.
California cities too

After a certain distance, price and speed becomes unreasonable compared to a airplane

 

[Armchair Militant]

It’s expensive and not high on the list of priorities.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

The US will have high speed rail sooner or later

 

[KneeGrow.]

Is it possible that the country could work to divest and reallocate it's funds to things like infrastructure spending?

Or do police departments need that money for implicit bias training and tanks?

 

[loyola llothta]

They are working on a high speed rail line between Orlando and South Florida right now. I believe Orlando to Tampa will be soon after. I don't know what's going on with the Charlotte-Atlanta-Birmingham route. According to that photo it's suppose to be worked on at the same time as the one for central and south Florida.

You mean the brightline?

 

[50CentStan]

Cars are a luxury item. Asking people to go from cars to trains is like saying stop using your AC, use a fan instead. And train tickets are expensive af. Planes are faster and cheaper.

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

1. Cost
2. NIMBY
3. The cities outside of certain corridors are too far apart. Bos, NYC, Philly, Balt, DC makes sense. The triangle, triad, Charlotte, Atlanta makes sense.
California cities too

After a certain distance, price and speed becomes unreasonable compared to a airplane

That’s all we are talking about though. No one said we need one to every city in the US

 

[Mike Nasty]

I'm surprised CA is as far along as they are.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Fam. If I could get from Dallas to Houston in 90 minutes

That shyt Rick Scott pulled had me fuming. I live in Jacksonville which is pretty boring, but I have a good job and a family here. If he just took the federal money I could be in Orlando in 45 minutes every weekend if I wanted. Then eventually ATL or MIA in 2 hours. I might hate him more than Trump and Mitch McConnell.

 

[SheWantTheD]

Don't need to watch.

It's because it will compete with airlines.. It's crazy how much companies control shyt.

Same thing with non combustible engine cars tearing down electric cars back in the day. Said absolutely no way, and how they were garbage.

With a bullet train you could go from one side of the country to the other in about 6-10 hours, fukk would I take a plane for?! Much more safe on the ground too.

 

[KodeBlue]

That’s all we are talking about though. No one said we need one to every city in the US

Good. I never said every city either. I'm trying to see which corridors it would make the most sense. The Northeast corridor is the largest and most densely populated region, so of course there.

 

[Jean Jacket]

Eminent domain... suburban sprawl from cacs leaving the cities create great expenses revealed during civil planning.

They would be cutting checks to people that they wouldn't want to for otherwise too.

Another thing is that a lot of cities bank on toll and fuel tax revenue, and if they can't learn how high speed travel can be taxed appropriately, they are going to fight it.

 

[Geode]

How modern of a country can we be if our transportation infrastructure is based on a 70 year old model and 120+ year old industry? I get that China can basically say "we're building this here" and the people have no say. But, lobbying from competing industries, driven solely by profit and not inclusive of the country's advancement, will cripple the US in the long run.

However, when we do decide to build these bullet trains, you know whose neighborhood is getting bulldozed first.

 

[Chrishaune]

You mean the brightline?

Yeah that's the name

 

[pete clemenza]

They were working on one here in Cali but funding fell apart.. and this was way before Corona hit.