naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago‘The time is right’ for US to catch up on high-speed rail, says British Amtrak execwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareJulesTheModest@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago500 miles on Amtrak east coast can take about 10 hours! I’m doing it again in a few weeks. That’s just so dumb slow embarrassing.
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago30 miles will go 100 mph tho! Don’t you feel the future?!
minus-squarefiloria@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSee I agree, but Boston-New York and New York-DC are still very competitive with driving and flying, if only because their respective airports are so far from the city itself.
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAnd more expensive than flying a good chunk of the time!
500 miles on Amtrak east coast can take about 10 hours! I’m doing it again in a few weeks. That’s just so dumb slow embarrassing.
30 miles will go 100 mph tho!
Don’t you feel the future?!
See I agree, but Boston-New York and New York-DC are still very competitive with driving and flying, if only because their respective airports are so far from the city itself.
And more expensive than flying a good chunk of the time!