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re: What would it take for America to get better railway service?
Posted on 8/29/22 at 7:56 am to Alaskan Igloo
Posted on 8/29/22 at 7:56 am to Alaskan Igloo
The railways have to want to try.
Also keep in mind that this is a big country. High speed train service is mostly going to be regional. Planes are going to be the default choice for 500+ mile jaunts.
Also keep in mind that this is a big country. High speed train service is mostly going to be regional. Planes are going to be the default choice for 500+ mile jaunts.
This post was edited on 8/29/22 at 7:59 am
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Posted on 8/29/22 at 7:57 am to Alaskan Igloo
Time machine back to the 1956 and get Eisenhower to pass the Interstate railway system instead of the highway system
This post was edited on 8/29/22 at 7:58 am
Posted on 8/29/22 at 7:58 am to Saint Alfonzo
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It would have to get a hell of a lot cheaper. We were looking to take the Amtrak Acela train from NYC to Boston, traveling first class. Grand total round trip would have been over $1200. For that kind of money, they can kiss my arse, I'd rather walk.
Were you trying to buy the tickets the week of? I can usually get a decent deal on those tickets if you buy in advance. Don’t really need first class if taking Acela. All the seats are nice. Now the regional….you may want to up it to business class
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:04 am to Alaskan Igloo
Gov would hand out free vouchers to the people that pretended to be poor. Would turn into traveling ghettos within 3 years.
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:11 am to Alaskan Igloo
It's more than that. It's 8 hours from Memphis to NOLA.
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:15 am to Alaskan Igloo
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What would it take for America to get better railway service?
It could be magically reduced in size, or all of the major cities could magically be picked up and put in California.
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How did America get so car Dependant?
Cars were invented.
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:48 am to Alaskan Igloo
We're not built like Europe so the answer is never
Posted on 8/29/22 at 8:56 am to Alaskan Igloo
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What would it take for America to get better railway service?
Like in Europe you can get anywhere under 2 hours max by train.
Chicago to NOLA? That's 8+ via Amtrak
How did America get so car Dependant?
it would take the free market demanding it. right now and in the past they havent.
maybe if we have ultra high speed rail service but in general americans prefer vehicles and air travel.
why do we need rail service for personal travel if there is not demand for it?
Posted on 8/29/22 at 9:00 am to LSUGrrrl
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Get rid of derelicts and bums. No way I take public transport as we are today.
California would be half empty.
Posted on 8/29/22 at 9:19 am to lsu777
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why do we need rail service for personal travel if there is not demand for it?
Because everyone should be crammed into large cities, the rural areas need to be depopulated, and people should be banned from owning cars.
You'll own nothing, and you'll like it.
This post was edited on 8/29/22 at 9:43 am
Posted on 8/30/22 at 6:03 pm to MSTiger33
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Were you trying to buy the tickets the week of? I can usually get a decent deal on those tickets if you buy in advance. Don’t really need first class if taking Acela. All the seats are nice. Now the regional….you may want to up it to business class
Nope, about six weeks out, on a train that showed only 30% of capacity had been sold.
Posted on 8/30/22 at 7:00 pm to Alaskan Igloo
The trains running 300 mph in Europe probably aren't sharing the tracks with a trainload of pollution. The train in Louisiana will be messed up like the loop trying to use all existing rails. As the rail needs repair they just slow the train instead of fixing it.
Posted on 8/30/22 at 11:31 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:This makes me think about driving on I-45 below Alexandria, where it feels like there's only three exits with rest rooms, before Carencro.
populated areas and emptiness between them (so trains go vroom there)
Posted on 8/30/22 at 11:38 pm to Alaskan Igloo
Cause the US isn’t Europe
Posted on 8/30/22 at 11:41 pm to Alaskan Igloo
shrink the continent by half
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