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President Biden Announces Billions to Deliver World-Class High-Speed Rail and Launch New Passenger Rail Corridors Across the Country (www.whitehouse.gov)

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[-] fireweed@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

What's with the potato-quality map at the end? It's so low-res the key is completely illegible. Leader of the free world can't even afford 150dpi... Don't go teasing us with a map in the preview and then fail to deliver like this!!!

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

At least Colorado could cut down in some traffic in the I-25 corridor if this pans out.

[-] theUnlikely@sopuli.xyz 10 points 9 months ago

Colorado just hanging out with its little blue dashes.

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[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago

None of this will happen if the #GOP stays in power.

[-] Veedem@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I wonder how long it’ll actually take for each project to launch. I’m assuming, at least, a decade.

Much needed investment, however.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The ones in the northeast and southwest as well as the ones in the Ohio area and Illinois area have already launched. They may be expanding under the new funding, however

I also know that the SunRail project in Florida has already been underway for almost 20 years

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 7 points 9 months ago

Some of them are already under construction, or at least in design.

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[-] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 8 points 9 months ago

This is most of what i wanted from rail travel.

[-] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Most of these (per the PDF) say 500k to the project, which amounts to nothing actually happening for end commuters.

To me it's actually a spit in the face. Like put a lot of funding on a couple projects and see them to fruition. This is a little to a lot, which will do nothing. The idea is to make voters in a lot of areas think something near them is happening, when in actuality, there will likely be little to no progress from this.

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