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re: Why can’t America have bullet trains?
Posted on 1/9/25 at 4:05 am to SouthEasternKaiju
Posted on 1/9/25 at 4:05 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Americans prefer freedom to 18th century technology.
Trains are 18th century tech?
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Posted on 1/9/25 at 6:48 am to Wally Sparks
Yep. Old concept.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 6:51 am to Rah Rah Tiger Grad 9
Good luck with getting any massive public projects built with a large footprint.
Environmental payoffs make it take too long and cost too much. Too many hands reaching into the till.
Our overly regulated and litigious society is handicapped.
Environmental payoffs make it take too long and cost too much. Too many hands reaching into the till.
Our overly regulated and litigious society is handicapped.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 6:53 am to Rah Rah Tiger Grad 9
Our money goes to other countries to build their nice shite.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 7:03 am to Rah Rah Tiger Grad 9
quote:
Why can’t America have bullet trains?
Why can’t we educate young people and truly prepare them for the world that awaits them?
Why is our healthcare so outrageously expensive and financially crippling compared to most everywhere else on this planet?
There are lots of things in my estimation that register significantly higher up on the “Why can’t America” list than bullet trains.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 7:07 am to Rah Rah Tiger Grad 9
Posted on 1/9/25 at 7:10 am to Rah Rah Tiger Grad 9
High speed trains are great, but many Americans are not very enthusiastic about rail travel. And that’s unfortunate.
The trains in Europe are fast and convenient .
The trains in Europe are fast and convenient .
Posted on 1/9/25 at 7:44 am to Rah Rah Tiger Grad 9
It would be amazing to have between Dallas and Houston and San Antonio and from Houston to New Orleans but that wouldn’t be as busy
Posted on 1/9/25 at 7:46 am to Rah Rah Tiger Grad 9
BC Americans can't seem to stop for the trains. There always a story on the news about a car, truck, semi or fire trucks running thru the stops. Or parking on them.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 7:51 am to VoxDawg
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They never tried. They just laundered the money - just like Joe's $42B high speed internet that doesn't have a single rural customer connected.
Now do EV charging stations. All of these type projects are just money laundering schemes for politicians and people connected to them.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 7:59 am to dalefla
Indeed. That misadventure where the SecEnergy was supposed to go on a cross-country tour in an electric car but couldn't complete the trip due to lack of chargers, even when the advance team was running around in a gas-powered car was amusing.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 8:04 am to VoxDawg
Posted on 1/9/25 at 10:55 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Yep. Old concept.
It's actually a 19th century concept...along with the internal combustion engine.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:04 am to Wally Sparks
Either way, old idea.
* Point of fact, while the earliest steam powered trains date back to the early 1800s, the rail system itself is actually several hundred years older.
* Point of fact, while the earliest steam powered trains date back to the early 1800s, the rail system itself is actually several hundred years older.
This post was edited on 1/9/25 at 11:11 am
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:09 am to wareaglepete
Smell like Wal Mart Shoppers right?
Trains did well in cities where cars and buses suck. Tokyo was perfect for trains. New York and Chicago the same.
Trains did well in cities where cars and buses suck. Tokyo was perfect for trains. New York and Chicago the same.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 11:24 am to Robin Masters
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We’ll be taking flying drones to work
Was told in high school that we'd soon have flying cars (like the Jetsons). That was early 80's...
Posted on 1/9/25 at 1:40 pm to VOR
quote:Is the issue not wanting to travel by rail or is the bigger issue opportunities to travel overall?
High speed trains are great, but many Americans are not very enthusiastic about rail travel. And that’s unfortunate. The trains in Europe are fast and convenient .
Legally required PTO (federal/country-level)
- France 36+
- Spain 36
- Italy 32
- All Nordic Countries 31+
- Germany 30
- UK 29
- Japan 26
- US 0
Work culture makes a huge difference, and even at senior level/white collar levels, we’re workaholics. Also our poors spend their money on goods, not travel
That aside, even if you snap fingers and give us high speed rail everywhere and standardize all other variables, our rail demand is far lower. You can get from Paris to the Riviera in under 3 hours. They have cool diverse shite to see in most directions in a short radius. We don’t
This post was edited on 1/9/25 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 1/9/25 at 1:51 pm to Rah Rah Tiger Grad 9
Lot of reasons.
1.) It actually makes sense for a few parts of the country, just not the entirety.
2.) IT only works in places like Korea, Japan, and Europe which are all very densely populated and have short distances between major distances. (The route between Tokyo and Osaka for example only takes about 3 hours and passes through an area with over 40 million people.
3.) Most of our rails are privately owned.
1.) It actually makes sense for a few parts of the country, just not the entirety.
2.) IT only works in places like Korea, Japan, and Europe which are all very densely populated and have short distances between major distances. (The route between Tokyo and Osaka for example only takes about 3 hours and passes through an area with over 40 million people.
3.) Most of our rails are privately owned.
This post was edited on 1/9/25 at 1:53 pm
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