When you realize this is *not* the map we already have, you get a sense of just how dire the long-distance rail situation is herehttps://twitter.com/samjmintz/status/1318910466798780416 …
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There's the time and there's the price - an extraordinary percentage of the time it is cheaper to fly. With climate change looming that state of affairs can't be accepted
Well and it seems possible that from a purely economic standpoint, the size and lower density of the United States may simply mean that air travel is going to generally outperform rail. The question becomes how willing are we to subsidize the latter in the name of the climate.
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No points for guessing my answer, Bret
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And that's a valid answer! We don't expect schools or the military or roads to pay for themselves either. But then we need to be honest about what we are doing!
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The counterpoint: the challenge in building high speed rail along the NE corridor is that property values are too high for Amtrak to plan its rail lines with a straight edge. Between Providence RI and New Haven, CT ACELA/Amtrak makes a total of Seven 360-degree turns. 1/
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In great part because New England's density, entrenched political power -- (# trains limited by need to allow Old Saybrook sailboats under drawbridges) -- ensures that the physical structure conflict with the physics of speed. 2/
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