Fifty years after the first Amtrak train left the station on the creaking remains of America’s nation-building rail network, the country’s neglected rail service could at last be on track to move into the modern era as President Joe Biden seeks to inject a massive dose of funding to revitalize and drastically expand services.
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We’re not getting new high-speed rail because every podunk community will demand a stop there or they won’t give up the land… thus ensuring the train never gets up to speed. Our existing rail isn’t rated for high-speed trains.
We’re not getting new high-speed rail because every podunk community will demand a stop there or they won’t give up the land… thus ensuring the train never gets up to speed. Our existing rail isn’t rated for high-speed trains.