USA Will Invest in High-Speed ​​Train to Fight Climate Change::The USA Will Invest in High-Speed ​​Train to Fight Climate Change - US President Joe Biden announced in a speech on December 9, 2023 that they are carrying out the first high-speed train projects in US history. These projects are across America

  • RGB3x3@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    It’s like a hundred years late. The US was built with invented trains, we should have the best train network in the world.

    In fact we did until we also invented cars and fucked the world up by favoring highways and essentially single-person metal boxes.

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      9 months ago

      The US invented neither trains nor cars.

      It is true the US was basically built on railroads, so I agree that it should have an awesome network, but it is just too big. Even if France ships you all a bunch of TGVs it will take days to go from NYC to LA. Something that takes hours by plane.