Still surprises me how few train lines America has.
Interesting! I just happened to take my first Amtrak rides ever in November/December (around the Thanksgiving holiday), so I guess I contributed to it. They announced that the train was completely sold out, but they also said that that’s the busiest travel time of the year.
Let me guess, the article is framing this as a problem to be solved?
I suspect the angle will eventually become “give all the new profitable routes to private industry”
still better than no trains
Wait, hold on, this might work.
Frame Maglev and stuff as “innovation”, and part of what has added to the northeast and west coast’s property values with alternatives to cars.
Invite Charles Marohn and have him discuss that HSR is profitable and typically rail infrastructure is at the very least less unprofitable than highways.
