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tweet by amtrak ben: i think we should build high speed rail next to freeways only because it would make drivers feel like complete losers all the time
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tweet by amtrak ben: i think we should build high speed rail next to freeways only because it would make drivers feel like complete losers all the time
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In California, any time I have seen an Amtrack train going the same direction as me on the freeway, I was passing it, never the other way around.
America’s rail is almost all low-speed or higher-speed (125-150 mph, but much lower average speeds)
For comparison, China has built ~20,000 miles of HSR, much of which goes up to 220, some lines averaging 200 mph.
That would be because Amtrak is not a high-speed rail. They barely maintain their rails and so they have to go quite slowly.
Amtrak only owns tracks in the DC area. Everywhere else, the rails are all privatized