Why The US Has No High-Speed Rail

[Dog Based Gremlin]

If one of these crashes

U are instant rat food

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

Elon about to change all of that

 

[BlackAlacard]

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

Keep them Dallas Boys where they at.

 

[Koli_Kat]

If one of these crashes

U are instant rat food

Just like any bad plane/jet or car crash.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

It’s criminal that a nation like America has no high speed rail. Amtrack is an abomination and a joke compared to high speed rail across the nation.


As a matter of fact if it wasn’t for NYC and DC (northeast corridor) Amtrack would have been out of service

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Breh, don't even start.

• Nyc is 850miles away from ATL.
• The average Asian bullet train is doing 200mph(only in the countyside)
• At those speeds that would be 4+ hrs on a train.
• The flight is only 2.5hrs
• Planes are more convenient and cheaper at that time frame

We gotta face the facts that this country is several times bigger than every EU country with Highspeed rail. It is several times bigger than JP with high-speed rail. And it is more spread out than China with her.



That sht is only practical Nyc -> DC -> Philly

And maybe southern California to SFO

It’s practical anywhere that has cities nearby.


Texas and Florida could make use of them also as well as the entire northeast.


It’s all about having unlimited options


Also some people hate flying and I’m sure if they had the choice to take a high speed rail than to be in a car or plane they would choose it.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

The entire country would change if it was like this. Imagine telling your homie in nyc you'll be there in 2 hours and u fukking live in NC.

Real estate prices would go down. Or would balance out

 

[UberEatsDriver]

It's a damn shame

This country has so much Highway congestion and Air Congestion it's insane not to have a high speed rail system

America has always been a “best interest” nation while Europe and Asian tend to be more “common sense.

 

[Taadow]

*pats self on the back*

 

[ISO]

It’s sad I won’t see this shyt in my lifetime most likely

 

[ISO]

Biden fukks with rail hopefully something can happen in his administration

 

[MajesticLion]

Didnt watch the video but the answer is the fossil fuel lobby

This. A fave argument used is a legit one about jobs. All those businesses on every exit off an interstate employ a lot of people.

 

[null]

We gotta face the facts that this country is several times bigger than every EU country with Highspeed rail. It is several times bigger than JP with high-speed rail. And it is more spread out than China with her.

High speed travel in Europe is international and there is nothing stopping you from doing it a piece at a time.

and here are some german times.

480 miles - 6 hours multiple stops

400 miles - no stops 5 hours

125 miles - no stops 1h 21m

also -> have a look

 

[BlackMajik]

High speed travel in Europe is international and there is nothing stopping you from doing it a piece at a time.

and here are some german times.

480 miles - 6 hours multiple stops

givemeredditstreams

400 miles - no stops 5 hours

125 miles - no stops 1h 21m

also -> have a look

I'm so jealous

 

[BlackMajik]