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high speed rail saves money (quokk.au)
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[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is precisely why US public transport is stuck in the 1800s. And why EU public transport is stuck in 1950s.

All while China has public transport from 2030s and nearly more subway railways (by total length) than the rest of the world combined. Of course, this is not meant to glaze China. Just to give credit for building public transport without a profit incentive.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

It’s worse than the 1800s. We used to have an expansive rail network. We had, at the peak, 400,000 or so miles of rail in the US. Today there is less than 140,000 miles of rail. Less than half of what we used to have. Sure, we’ve got more buses and light rail like subway, but overall it’s still a loss in total miles.