• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Also, The US is really big

    There’s absolutely no good reason why you shouldn’t be able to take a train from LA to Seattle or Miami to El Paso. The US coastline is plenty dense, with highway exits every five or ten miles state after state after state.

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      9 days ago

      I have heard that China has made significant efforts in this area, but that really is a massive change in just over a decade.
      Meanwhile, the UK will take as long to build a single high-speed line.