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high speed rail go brrr (slrpnk.net)

submitted 11 months ago by stabby_cicada to c/memes

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

And, if you keep reading into modern efforts under tab for current efforts, every single failure to expand and improve the networks lists political blockage, not technological.

For example, Southwest Airlines lobbying the Texan legislature into blocking even completely private funding for a high speed passenger rail service.

[–] uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Thats quite true, but also political blockage prevents the projects from starting. With California high speed rail, the project is going. And we have found that, in addition to political stumbling blocks, California simply lacks access to the knowledge to build this, and must build that up. Its not 'instead of politics', its 'in addition to'.