Without the pat-down

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Originally Posted by Wild Cobra

Sure, for short distances. But without a dedicated rail, they will be slowed down by freight train schedules, plus, the track maintenance will skyrocket.

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Works for other countries... and has effectively replaced certain plane routes for them. I don't think it's a solution that works everywhere, but can work for certain regions.

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Originally Posted by Wild Cobra

This is a costly proposal that will never occur as advertised.

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What's costly about it? Do you have a breakdown of what are the associated costs vs benefits? Let's see it.

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Originally Posted by MannyIsGod

Its been a fucking rally forever. What the fuck are you talking about?

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When Reagan used to do it, it was something else entirely. In fact, only the GOP know what it was intended for and use it correctly.

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Originally Posted by Wild Cobra

Sure, for short distances. But without a dedicated rail, they will be slowed down by freight train schedules, plus, the track maintenance will skyrocket.

This is a costly proposal that will never occur as advertised.

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HSR, like France TGV, all runs on seamless/welded/dedicated track. There is no competition with bulk freight, although French post office runs its own TGV trains (not freight trains). There is a track for each direction.

And You Lie about track maintenance.

HSR rail won't happen in US because the corps will block, just like Southwest bought enough politicians to kill the TX TGV.

The "cost" will be lost revenues to airline and fuel corporations, NOT the cost of building HSR.

Anyway, UCA is too weak, too impoverished, too corrupt to execute an national infrastructure project like the Interstate Highway system again.