Maybe it’s because mass transit is only about 500 times as efficient as traffic jams? As to high speed rail as well, for longer distance travel, if railroads had done the job they were supposed to when given all that land to build AND MAINTAIN IN PERPETUITY those rail beds, we could have had high speed connections decades ago. A rail passenger service traveling at 150-200 mph is very feasible today, and would be cheaper and more efficient than airplanes. Given the delays at airports and TSA, many trips could be quite a bit faster as well.
Charlie, many years ago, the “Red Car” was a lot faster than today’s freeways, and the rights of way they held were converted to freeways, rather than commuter rail. “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” was the live action/cartoon movie that explored the “politics” of that debacle orchestrated by the oil and auto companies.
Maybe it’s because mass transit is only about 500 times as efficient as traffic jams? As to high speed rail as well, for longer distance travel, if railroads had done the job they were supposed to when given all that land to build AND MAINTAIN IN PERPETUITY those rail beds, we could have had high speed connections decades ago. A rail passenger service traveling at 150-200 mph is very feasible today, and would be cheaper and more efficient than airplanes. Given the delays at airports and TSA, many trips could be quite a bit faster as well.
Charlie, many years ago, the “Red Car” was a lot faster than today’s freeways, and the rights of way they held were converted to freeways, rather than commuter rail. “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” was the live action/cartoon movie that explored the “politics” of that debacle orchestrated by the oil and auto companies.