Jodi B
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It must be nice to have high-speed rail.
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Nancy Hales
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All of France is smaller than Texas, which means even slower trains are a viable option much of the time. Things like that are more easily done in a smaller country.
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05:11 PM - May 23, 2023
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Jodi B
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But it's not just France. There are high-speed trains connecting major cities in many European countries. There's already some cross border high-speed & the plan is to eventually connect all EU countries. I think Amtrak Acela through the Northeast Corridor is the only high-speed rail in the US.
05:45 PM - May 23, 2023 (Edited)
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Nancy Hales
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I’m not at all arguing that it would be great here. I would love more rail options in this country, and I’m sure politicians in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry is as much to blame as anything for why it isn’t happening here. But scale does matter, too.
06:14 PM - May 23, 2023
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