(04-01-2021 10:16 AM)Redwingtom Wrote:  

(03-30-2021 02:58 PM)bearcat65 Wrote:  Highway improvement yes but high speed rail has for the most part failed whenever attempted in the US.

Where in the US do we currently have high speed rail? The only thing that comes close is Amtrak's Acela Express that covers like 1 route through several cities, but that's only considered higher-speed rail and only covers a few areas with that higher speed.

Hard to say it has failed when we've never actually built it.

That's because when government tries to build one it turns into a fiasco and never ending money pit.

https://marketmadhouse.com/california-hi...Speed%20Ra

I would say the reason private entities don't try it is that the cost benefit analysis that responsible parties perform on projects showed insufficient returns.