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re: What would it take for America to get better railway service?
Posted on 8/28/22 at 3:43 pm to Alaskan Igloo
Posted on 8/28/22 at 3:43 pm to Alaskan Igloo
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in Europe you can get anywhere under 2 hours max by train.
This isn't even close to true.
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Chicago to NOLA? That's 8+ via Amtrak
That's like going from Paris to Rome... the high speed train option is over 11 hours.
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Posted on 8/28/22 at 3:43 pm to Alaskan Igloo
Nuke big oil
Posted on 8/28/22 at 3:46 pm to Alaskan Igloo
Less corruption. This is actually one thing that can help with housing issues. Spread us out and give us an option to get to work in a timely manner
Posted on 8/28/22 at 3:51 pm to Alaskan Igloo
If some airlines went out of business, or stopped flying to smaller cities, trains might be needed. How long would it take for the trains to be like the airlines, where you feel like cattle. They would probably have to cram as many people in as possible from day one, to offset their startup costs.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:28 pm to Alaskan Igloo
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Like in Europe you can get anywhere under 2 hours max by train.
Paris to Berlin is around 8.5 hours.
You were saying?
Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:40 pm to cwil177
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Go back in time and put rail lines in along with the interstate when Eisenhower built it in the fifties.
And then put tolls on those Interstates.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:50 pm to fightin tigers
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It is much better than America though.
Yeah that’s why European immigrants keep coming here. Cause Europe is so much better.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:53 pm to Alaskan Igloo
quote:Demographics play a role in transportation in the US.
What would it take for America to get better railway service?
Commercial air travel used to be the province of certain folks, it is no longer.
Private aviation has grown as a result of this evolution.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:54 pm to armsdealer
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Shrink the distances between population centers... fill up the empty spaces between population centers.
You have this backwards.
For effective train travel, you need super-congregation in populated areas and emptiness between them (so trains go vroom there)
Posted on 8/28/22 at 4:56 pm to Alaskan Igloo
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Like in Europe you can get anywhere under 2 hours max by train
Its 10hrs from Paris to Rome
Posted on 8/28/22 at 5:00 pm to Alaskan Igloo
There's probably a market to connect regional airports to major hubs (like Tuscaloosa-Birmingham to Atlanta) but not much else.
Europeans like to act like it doesn't take 10+ hours to get to get from Paris to Berlin by train when in reality that's just NYC to Cleveland
Europeans like to act like it doesn't take 10+ hours to get to get from Paris to Berlin by train when in reality that's just NYC to Cleveland
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:21 pm to Alaskan Igloo
We fricked up.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:42 pm to SuperSaint
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Like in Europe you can get anywhere under 2 hours max by train
Madrid to Barcelona was double that and had to wear a mask the entire trip in July... never again
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:47 pm to Alaskan Igloo
Nobody travels between Nola and Chicago other than for vacation or business and most of those people fly.
This post was edited on 8/28/22 at 6:48 pm
Posted on 8/28/22 at 6:59 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:nobody really travels anywhere other than for vacation or business
Nobody travels between Nola and Chicago other than for vacation or business and most of those people fly.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:05 pm to Alaskan Igloo
For one thing, getting people to WORK for Amtrak has become increasingly difficult.
Amtrak has stopped its service in the Pacific NW bc they say they can’t staff the trains or find enough people to maintain them
Amtrak has stopped its service in the Pacific NW bc they say they can’t staff the trains or find enough people to maintain them
Posted on 8/28/22 at 7:06 pm to BuckyCheese
Texas is bigger than France and France is the biggest country in Europe (except Russia)
Posted on 8/28/22 at 8:01 pm to cypresstiger
American’s love freedom and the convenience of having their own car. Rail will never be a serious option in my opinion. People are going to drive if it’s less than 8 hours and if more they’ll fly. Business people can’t afford the time and will fly if it’s more than 4-5 hours to drive. Trains need to move freight.
Posted on 8/28/22 at 8:07 pm to chinhoyang
The part about Chicago to New Orleans is also very misleading.
He did say 8+ hours true enough. Better add a lot of hours to that 8.
IF it's on schedule, and that's a big if, you're looking at more like 20 hrs.
Shameful that as technically advanced we are supposed to be that we can't do better than that.
He did say 8+ hours true enough. Better add a lot of hours to that 8.
IF it's on schedule, and that's a big if, you're looking at more like 20 hrs.
Shameful that as technically advanced we are supposed to be that we can't do better than that.
Posted on 8/29/22 at 7:55 am to Alaskan Igloo
A higher population density. There are popular train lines in the United States believe it or not. The only one that is profitable is under 300 miles and will take you through Boston, Connecticut, NYC, New Jersey, Philly, Baltimore, and DC (a corridor with over 35 million people). If the rest of the country was that dense you would almost need trains as driving down highways would take forever.
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