Now let’s see what new conspiracy the right-wingers will make about this
dude I can see it already.
Auto lobby shifts long-term from overdrive (their standard) to hyperdrive
Stupid comparisons with “CoMmUnIsT cHiNa”
Trashy hot-take clickbait with interior shots of homeless people on light rail
“Go where you want not where the train tells you to”
Not that this specific announcement is the reason for any of that though. Just another sticking point to glom onto
TBH I think the best case scenario is auto manufacturers get into the train business. Sure it’d take a while but it makes sense from a mechanical and supply chain perspective.
Not holding my breath on that one though…
this is passenger rail though. The US freight rail system (for supply chain as you say) is very good already
I meant auto manufacturers could start building trains, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Ya know?
That would be a huge shift from what they did in the 40s by dismantling a very robust public transit system.
Though BYD is building trains if that counts.
HS2, the latest UK high speed rail project is 140 miles and the budget currently stands at about 100bn GBP (…130bn $…?)
10bn gon get you nowhere, sorry
/edit. More rail good, but realistic budgets needed
140 miles is just what is remaining that hasn’t been cancelled. The cost you quote is from before the latest batch of cancellations at least. The latest estimate for the Birmingham to London section that I can find is £68 billion. This is the most expensive section of the original design of HS2. Hopefully the USians can learn a bit from the mistakes made here, such as boring tunnels just to avoid upsetting some rich people, and allowing a private company to make design changes to one of the termini stations at will.
Also AFAIK this bill doesn’t aim to fully fund any of the projects, for these types of projects in the US funding generally comes from a number of sources and this is just the federal government providing some.
