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USA Will Invest in High-Speed Train to Fight Climate Change (www.raillynews.com)
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USA Will Invest in High-Speed ​​Train to Fight Climate Change::The USA Will Invest in High-Speed ​​Train to Fight Climate Change - US President Joe Biden announced in a speech on December 9, 2023 that they are carrying out the first high-speed train projects in US history. These projects are across America

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[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Drop in the bucket, I’m curious how much it would take to make most of the US/NA traversable by high speed rail

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Depends on what you mean by most.

  • most of the population is quite achievable. Send a little time at https://www.ushsr.com/
  • most of the geography, trillions, and we couldn’t afford to keep it operating
[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's after "trillions"?

[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Kids might say bajillions