(04-02-2021 10:17 AM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(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.

A nationwide HSR system would be pointless as it would be slower than flying and magnitudes more expensive. Just look at the California High Speed Rail construction and its inflated costs.

While all that may be true, my only point is that we don't have any high-speed rail nor have we really tried to implement one outside of CA and the higher speed rail from Amtrak on the East coast. So you really can't say we've tried it and its failed.