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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To reply to the OP, we have built out the infrastructure for airports.
The truth is, we now need quality high speed rail in the DC region.
DC to NYC needs to be vastly improved.
And we really need to go south to Charlotte and Atlanta with high speed rail.
Also, DC to Pittsburgh to Cleveland would also be a good starting route
There's a great old book on this subject called Supertrains by Joseph Vranich that has maps on where high speed rail should go in the USA.
https://www.amazon.com/Supertrains-Solutions-Americas-Transportation-Gridlock/dp/0312064764/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=supertrains&qid=1664968101&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&s=books&sr=1-1

High speed rail would really help local flights of 400 miles or less.[/quote]

Not really an option given what we are seeing now at the stations with crime and homelessness.[/quote]

This is the dumbest, most pearl-clutchingest post I've ever seen.

OK Karen, we've got woefully underfunded Amtrak running decades-old trains on CSX rails with grades and curves that would have to be completely reworked in dense urban environments, sections to the south that aren't even electrified, and regulatory hurdles that will take years to clear even disregarding the physical and engineering concerns, but yeah you having to look at icky homeless people is the BIG reason we can't have high speed rail. [/quote]

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