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‘The time is right’ for US to catch up on high-speed rail, says British Amtrak exec (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (3 children)

500 miles on Amtrak east coast can take about 10 hours! I'm doing it again in a few weeks. That's just so dumb slow embarrassing.

[–] candybrie 13 points 3 months ago

And more expensive than flying a good chunk of the time!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

30 miles will go 100 mph tho!

Don't you feel the future?!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

See I agree, but Boston-New York and New York-DC are still very competitive with driving and flying, if only because their respective airports are so far from the city itself.