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re: PSA for you anti-train folks and government spending - Donald Trump is for bullet trains
Posted on 12/19/24 at 8:24 pm to Taxing Authority
Posted on 12/19/24 at 8:24 pm to Taxing Authority
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Airplanes made trains obsolete in the 1950s.
Correct. I should have been more specific. Whatever newfangled bullet train discussed in the OP, once built, will immediately be made obsolete by driverless cars.
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Posted on 12/19/24 at 8:28 pm to Twisters Edge
Everyone likes bullet trains. I want to drink Bulleit on a bullet train if it don't cost too much 
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:07 pm to Twisters Edge
Alter tool putting in work!
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:11 pm to Twisters Edge
There are certain places where they make sense. Like Houston to Dallas or Vegas to Phoenix.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:25 pm to Twisters Edge
Yet another reason as a progressive conservative that I voted for DJT 
he plays conservatives like a fiddle but is willing to do what he thinks will work. Bullet trains will definitely help move our country into greatness
he plays conservatives like a fiddle but is willing to do what he thinks will work. Bullet trains will definitely help move our country into greatness Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:25 pm to Blizzard of Chizz
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I wouldn’t mind taking a bullet train from bham to atl.
Hell, I'd probably take it over just for dinner at least once a week.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:26 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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There are certain places where they make sense. Like Houston to Dallas or Vegas to Phoenix.
Exactly this. There are regional routes where it makes sense. Can't just put them everywhere .. not just yet.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:28 pm to Evolved Simian
I would love one that goes from El Paso up to Alburquerque to Colorado Front Range (COS, Denver, Fort Collins up to damn North Dakota and beyond).
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:29 pm to Robin Masters
Nope. Even the shittiest one seater cars they come up with down the road will be more expensive to run and maintain than any kind of mass transit you can imagine.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:31 pm to theballguy
quote:That’s because it’s with every penny. Faster, more convenient, and for the driver more economically efficient.
Nope. Even the shittiest one seater cars they come up with down the road will be more expensive to run and maintain than any kind of mass transit you can imagine.
A CitationX is damn “expensive”. But if your time is valuable enough— it pays for itself.
This post was edited on 12/19/24 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:43 pm to Taxing Authority
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But if your time is valuable enough— it pays for itself.
If your time is truly really valuable, you're not *driving* a car anywhere yourself.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:50 pm to theballguy
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Nope. Even the shittiest one seater cars they come up with down the road will be more expensive to run and maintain than any kind of mass transit you can imagine.
The driverless car model won’t require you to buy one. You just summon it and use it to get to you location. Any location. Not just locations connected by railroad.
And what will a line of driverless cars all going to atl from bhm be if not, in effect, a giant train.
Driverless cars will put many industries out of business, the least of which will be passenger trains.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:50 pm to theballguy
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progressive conservative
No such thing. I stopped there.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 10:01 pm to Lynyrd
Only a political noob would say that 
Posted on 12/19/24 at 10:27 pm to Twisters Edge
bye bye alter
Posted on 12/19/24 at 10:28 pm to Twisters Edge
Posted on 12/20/24 at 7:03 am to Taxing Authority
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A CitationX is damn “expensive”. But if your time is valuable enough— it pays for itself
So here is the perfect example
Florida is a great state for a bullet train and they just started one from Orlando down to Miami with stops in West Palm. Thought it would be great to take the train to West Palm for a weekend. To go on the first class part would cost almost $700 round-trip.
To go on the regular Park would be over $400 round-trip. It takes approximately two hours on the train and a little over 2 1/2 hours by car. Four people could ride in a car for the price of gas round-trip, maybe a tank or pay $1400 to ride on the train
The economic simply do not work currently. Now, On the opposite side a lawyer from Miami takes the train to Orlando for work and bills the company and works on the train.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 7:37 am to Twisters Edge
Bullet trains are great where there is enough demand.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 9:11 am to dafif
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from Orlando down to Miami with stops in West Palm. Thought it would be great to take the train to West Palm for a weekend. To go on the first class part would cost almost $700 round-trip.
What the frick. And enough people do this that it’s been a success?
Posted on 12/20/24 at 4:35 pm to Chorizo chang
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What the frick. And enough people do this that it’s been a success?
Not even close - its new but there is no way it's close to breaking even
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