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Well of course you gotta think, Reddit and Twitter were also probably getting a lot more hits than Low Tech Mag 😅

Some consider it an ableist term

Yep, always felt the same way. Can’t be seriously suggested in a professional environment simply because of its name. Whole project been shooting itself in the foot with a machine gun since day 1.

I think part of the problem is that in order to achieve such high speeds, high speed rail lines have to be really, really straight, and as flat as possible. Older railroad right-of-ways are often too twisty, curvy, and hilly. So, sadly it’s not just an issue of new tracks & trainsets, in some cases there will need to be new routes.

China has had the most dramatic high speed rail transformation, but plenty of European countries have developed solid systems without going “full dictatorship.”

Also, the USA used to skip over a lot of those legal hurdles when it came time to build a railroad (hence the phrase, “getting railroaded”) but for various reasons we’ve lost the political will to do this.

The USA has almost as many miles of railroad as the entire rest of the world. They’re just mostly freight trains. We’re not into passenger rail.

The USA has the largest rail network in the world, although the customer service and schedules leave something to be desired.

“The last capitalist will sell us the rope with which we hang him” ass energy