Wouldn't it be something if they put the money from cop city into this instead?
BUT THE COPS ARE SAD BECASE PEOPLE IN 2020 WERE BIG MEANIE HEADS AND DIDNT LIKE IT WHEN THE COPS ABUSED THEM
In my dreams, the NEC becomes the Eastern Seaboard Corridor and runs from Portland, Maine to Miami, Florida.
Hopefully electrification just keeps inching south to Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, ...
I can see North Carolina and Georgia being on board, but good luck convincing South Carolina to agree as well.
This is even though HSR could really help develop two cities in SC.
Richmond to Raleigh is getting upgrades and better trains but not a HSR line.
Amtrak should just eminent domain the track, goddamit.
I honestly didn't want more high speed rail options across the nation, I was looking for some more of that Fascism, book banning, and discrimination. Could I get way more of that please? /r
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