An intercontinental railroad that would run throughout the United States, comparable to those in other major industrialized nations would be a boon not only to the economy, but to the people of the country and to those proponents of cutting down emissions from major fuels. Poltical inaction on the issue is at the core of the effort to stop the start of what would be a major infrastructure investment in the United States.
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Show Notes
Important readings on the subject.
- https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/02/20/high-speed-rail-usa-california
- https://www.marketplace.org/2019/04/04/us-has-tried-build-high-speed-rail-50-years/
- https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/05/07/why-is-there-no-high-speed-rail-in-the-us.html
- https://www.afar.com/magazine/several-high-speed-train-routes-are-coming-to-the-united-states/amp
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_the_United_States
