Conrad Hackett Dec 15, 2022
Passenger railway networks 2020
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Passenger railway network 2020

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@conradhackett Just found this, which might explain the current paucity of rail network in NA.

Answer to Have lobbyists for the oil and auto industry defeated any chance of an American high speed rail system? by Colin Alter
https://www.quora.com/Have-lobbyists-for-the-oil-and-auto-industry-defeated-any-chance-of-an-American-high-speed-rail-system/answer/Colin-Alter?ch=15&oid=153959223&share=d4fd7200&srid=hd6Ywv&target_type=answer

Have lobbyists for the oil and auto industry defeated any chance of an American high speed rail system?

Colin Alter's answer: The long answer requires understanding a bit of US history around and after World War 2. The lobbyists for the oil and auto industry were not that active in lobbying Congress before the beginning of World War 2. The part of that war against Japan necessitated the rapid grow...

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