return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 days agoElon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrakwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down18cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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minus-squareCmdrShepard42@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoI can get on board with this theory. They’re also insanely slow and nearly as expensive as air travel. I understand some of this is due to the rail network and who owns it, but it still seems like Amtrak hasn’t improved one bit since the 1950s.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoAcela is not at all bad. It’s not very fast, but it has service every hour or so traveling at least as fast as a car on equipment from the 1990s. Lots of places would benefit from modern equipment from the 1990s and regular service
I can get on board with this theory. They’re also insanely slow and nearly as expensive as air travel. I understand some of this is due to the rail network and who owns it, but it still seems like Amtrak hasn’t improved one bit since the 1950s.
Acela is not at all bad. It’s not very fast, but it has service every hour or so traveling at least as fast as a car on equipment from the 1990s.
Lots of places would benefit from modern equipment from the 1990s and regular service