Is America’s quest for high-speed trains finally picking up steam?::New projects in California, Texas, and Florida are a sign that the United States is finally getting serious about modernizing its commuter railway system.

  • @Fedizen
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    161 year ago

    subsidies for roads and air vastly outnumber train subsidies and planning decisions are made around grant funding. Until the inflation reduction act there was zero grant funding for public trainways.

    Part of this is the US government is just 5 oil companies in a trenchcoat

    • @uis
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      21 year ago

      Road subsidies are 100%

    • @weedazz
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      21 year ago

      Hold on let’s not forget the weapons manufacturers also in the the trenchcoat