@return2ozma to News • 15 hours agoElon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrakwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square83arrow-up1320arrow-down16cross-posted to: aboringdystopia
arrow-up1314arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrakwww.nbcnews.com@return2ozma to News • 15 hours agomessage-square83cross-posted to: aboringdystopia
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•9 hours agoI can get on board with this theory. They’re also insanely slow and nearly as expensive as air travel. I understand some of this is due to the rail network and who owns it, but it still seems like Amtrak hasn’t improved one bit since the 1950s.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 hours agoI used them once to get from Tampa to Miami. It was fine. We got there over an hour late. I wouldn’t really want to take a longer trip.
I can get on board with this theory. They’re also insanely slow and nearly as expensive as air travel. I understand some of this is due to the rail network and who owns it, but it still seems like Amtrak hasn’t improved one bit since the 1950s.
I used them once to get from Tampa to Miami. It was fine. We got there over an hour late. I wouldn’t really want to take a longer trip.