Looks at Japan, South Korea, Switzerland even to some extent Germany: You sure about that?
Let's be honest, transportation in America is a shitshow because EVERYTHING there is designed around the car. It's a country where people will drive across an area that most places in the world would be several countries and it wouldn't be that much of a big deal. That means people are less caring about public transport so it's easier to scim some of the funds meant to upgrade transportation to private slush funds.
The only places worse for public transport than the US is places like the UK where literal beaurocracy and extremely poor planning stops ANY improvement being met on time and in some cases to quality. I think they've given up on that HS2 line they've been waffling over for over a decade...
I'd say it's both a population with a destructive mentality AND constant embezzlement by corrupt politicians voted in by said destructive population because they give them free gibs.
It's a constant cycle of shit feeding each other till the urban centre dies.
Yes, america is designed around cars, because you fucking need them. You can drive for 12 hours and still be in texas. Public transportation is shit unless your entire population is crammed in major cities and countries about the size of states.
Pretty much, it's MUCH too expensive and not worth it to build trains everywhere given the size of America. You're better off with trains focused on industrial use unless urban only and airports everywhere else.
And both of those are still secondary to cars and even trucks.
California, despite bragging about being the 5th largest economy in the world, can't get a fucking high-speed rail built without going grossly overbudget.
Meanwhile, Taiwan, a Chinese rump state on an island with minimal resources, managed to get one built.
The one US state where public transportation might make sense is also a South America-tier corrupt shithole.
Honestly I'm not sure how viable high speed rail is that close to a fault line anyway. The tolerances on the track quality aren't that big so it could be that the whole line is constantly out of commission for inspection/repair after every minor quake.
It is reasonable to build high speed trains regionally. There's absolutely no reason there shouldn't be a bullet train between Los Angeles and San Diego or New York City and Boston, other than communists running the local governments and refusing to lock up the people who make public transportation unusable.
Don't blame this on the car. Ultra-high-density cities are the enemy, and cars help prevent them. The dedication to building hive cities is the problem.
Oh I'm not saying it's a bad thing that America is car centric, I'm just outlining why, like all things in the real world that the leftist ignore in their fantasy delusions, it's contextual if public transport is an effective solution to the area and how best to utilise it.
Looks at Japan, South Korea, Switzerland even to some extent Germany: You sure about that?
Let's be honest, transportation in America is a shitshow because EVERYTHING there is designed around the car. It's a country where people will drive across an area that most places in the world would be several countries and it wouldn't be that much of a big deal. That means people are less caring about public transport so it's easier to scim some of the funds meant to upgrade transportation to private slush funds.
The only places worse for public transport than the US is places like the UK where literal beaurocracy and extremely poor planning stops ANY improvement being met on time and in some cases to quality. I think they've given up on that HS2 line they've been waffling over for over a decade...
No amount of money will solve black people ruining public spaces. It’s not an issue of funding.
I'd say it's both a population with a destructive mentality AND constant embezzlement by corrupt politicians voted in by said destructive population because they give them free gibs.
It's a constant cycle of shit feeding each other till the urban centre dies.
This is one of the constant copes.
Yes, america is designed around cars, because you fucking need them. You can drive for 12 hours and still be in texas. Public transportation is shit unless your entire population is crammed in major cities and countries about the size of states.
As an American I'm not keen on giving up my elbow room.
Pretty much, it's MUCH too expensive and not worth it to build trains everywhere given the size of America. You're better off with trains focused on industrial use unless urban only and airports everywhere else.
And both of those are still secondary to cars and even trucks.
California, despite bragging about being the 5th largest economy in the world, can't get a fucking high-speed rail built without going grossly overbudget.
Meanwhile, Taiwan, a Chinese rump state on an island with minimal resources, managed to get one built.
The one US state where public transportation might make sense is also a South America-tier corrupt shithole.
Going on California public transit as a white man is basically suicide.
Honestly I'm not sure how viable high speed rail is that close to a fault line anyway. The tolerances on the track quality aren't that big so it could be that the whole line is constantly out of commission for inspection/repair after every minor quake.
It is reasonable to build high speed trains regionally. There's absolutely no reason there shouldn't be a bullet train between Los Angeles and San Diego or New York City and Boston, other than communists running the local governments and refusing to lock up the people who make public transportation unusable.
The behavior of the demographics of those cities are reason enough.
Supposedly studies indicate the train fare would be more expensive than local airfare.
Don't blame this on the car. Ultra-high-density cities are the enemy, and cars help prevent them. The dedication to building hive cities is the problem.
Oh I'm not saying it's a bad thing that America is car centric, I'm just outlining why, like all things in the real world that the leftist ignore in their fantasy delusions, it's contextual if public transport is an effective solution to the area and how best to utilise it.
insurance is a scam.