• houseofleft@slrpnk.net
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    4 days ago

    I’ve heard this said a lot, and I’m not necessarily doubting its true, but what’s the reason behind the richest country in the world not being able to build good public transport? Large countries like China yave good public transport, and the continent of Europe has great trains- is it just the USA’s size combined with its lack of public infrastructure in general?

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      4 days ago

      All the wealth is concentrated in the hands of selfish pricks who don’t give a shit. Why advocate for high speed rail when you have a private jet?

      Also making people waste time in traffic is probably good for the ownership class. You’re not organizing if you’re stuck in your car.

    • desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 days ago

      unless the trains could use the existing land building the rail would be extremely costly due in part to the slowness of emminent domain and the us actually having functional property rights that make it hard to take land from people (those that can afford lawyers). coupled with the large number of citys with populations under 100,000 buses are generally going to work better here.

      • LwL@lemmy.world
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        Many european cities were too, after they got leveled in ww2. Changing that is possible, but it requires actually starting.