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Tiffany LiA dream is a wish your heart makes ๐ โจ
Dan Berky "ืื" โ MS ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ฎ๐ฑ@tiffanycli A dream it shall remain for the United States, but NOT for many other countries which are moving forward. Our culture of shareholder supremacy coupled with a laissez faire anti-competitive marketplaceโin synergy with uncontrolled inequity will never permit the installation of this infrastructure.
Morten BayIt's only been that way since the late early 1980s, though. Blame Reagan. Think about the Interstate Highway system. The telephone network. The Internet. The main difference between those and everything else is that the Federal Government either made it happen or controlled it while it happened. Big projects have big risks and needs a big benefactor.
But as long as people believe the nonsense that "Government IS the problem" we're dead in the water.
Str8nger@Daniel_Berky @tiffanycli If only #Muskrat focused on this instead of trolling, destroying the birdsite & his reputationโฆ
@Str8nger @tiffanycli Sometimes we set too high a bar on rich entitled people. People who were born rich and never had to struggle or be accountable for their entire life. We should not be surprised when psychopaths fail, despite the warped power balance.
@Daniel_Berky @tiffanycli our society idolizes innovators & success, which often results in the idol losing touch w/ reality & falling victim to hubris.
@Str8nger @tiffanycli ๐ฏ๐โ๏ธ Quite right. If I may add, we also conflate "innovation" and "success" with obscene wealth and avarice. We sometimes forget that those who got rich, may have gotten that way by sheer dumb luck or stealing somebody else's idea. The myth of the "omnipotence of the marketplace" is often oversold.
@Daniel_Berky @tiffanycli absolutely!
Adam Cook@tiffanycli #Detroit to #Chicago and a #Chicago to #Dallas HSR line.
One can dream indeed. ๐ญ
Krupo@tiffanycli continued inclusion of a foreign country on this map is amusing :)
@tiffanycli I mean let's make it 4 countries in total and add a bridge to Cuba...
Christopher Becke@tiffanycli I very much appreciate the tiny โHampton Roadsโ spur.
Phil Allsopp@tiffanycli If China can do this - and a lot more, along with Europe, there's no reason we can't. Its utterly ridiculous that everything is either "drive" or "fly"
Fubarrockchick@pallsopp42 @tiffanycli I dont know, scotrail cancel trains cos its too hot, or too wet, or leaves on the line, etc etc not sure weather conditions are totally compatible ๐คทโโ๏ธ
@Legend @tiffanycli Line maintenance is, I'm sure, an ever-present task. In the desert southwest, there might be challenges with blowing dust and sand from time to time so maybe "self-cleaning" sections at the front of the train might be needed - but maybe not. We move freight on what looks like pretty marginal rail bed all across the country...so why not people on modern purpose-built rail bed? We have the space.
RegisterandVote@tiffanycli It would be amazing!
@tiffanycli itโs the infrastructure bill we needโฆ
James S@tiffanycli We have the most beautiful train station here in Boise, no trains. We have such a beautiful country to see by train and itโs a real shame itโs so hard. Would love to have a high-speed train to SF from here.
@ev We have the best free and public national parks in the world. Every kind of landscape you could want. But we canโt get to places.
@tiffanycli I took this shot of Mt Shasta out of the back of an Amtrak train in 2004 when I bought a 30 day pass. It was a glorious trip and I met such interesting people. It really is a lovely way to travel.
Baron Von J@ev @tiffanycli that's a great shot.
Lukas Mezger@ev @tiffanycli Itโs interesting how trains always evoke those feelings of nostalgia in the US. You would have to overcome the "lovely" and replace it with "fast", I suppose.
Chris Fried@ev @tiffanycli I spent a week in Japan with a rail pass and came back incredibly jealous, but I do love the back window of an Amtrak train.
J Kolb@chrisfried @ev @tiffanycli
Thereโs a club of us for whom the back window of an Amtrak train is some sort of secret paradise.
Thereโs a club of us for whom the back window of an Amtrak train is some sort of secret paradise.
NebbyBeulah@chrisfried Now try a Euro rail pass!
@NebbyBeulah Itโs on my todo list!
Dwight Williams (๐ x9)+๐ท๐จ๐ฆ@ev @tiffanycli Beautiful image!
Mister Wanko@tiffanycli every time I see this, I groan. yes, we can have high speed rail here. all you need is political will and a near dictatorial executive branch.
You could roll the dice and get an FDR. He was unmatched in building. I really don't think that person exists today in the political landscape, nor do I think Democrats can unfuck themselves to do it.
Yes, it's right there. The technology, sure. But it'll die a death of a thousand miserable NIMBY shitheels. Not to mention GOP griefers.
Cฤtฤ ๐ท๐ด๐บ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ช๐บ@MisterWanko @tiffanycli Or maybe just bring the whole rail infrastructure under one single entity, controlled by the state. Like in other parts of the world, such as Europe, it's done.
@petrescatraian @tiffanycli absolutely correct.
Cheryl Kasson@tiffanycli A great dream! It would be even better with a direct rail line between Denver and Kansas City.
KenB
It's Just Jenn ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ@tiffanycli This looks like a science fiction map but it would be completely doable if we wanted it enough.
JenProf@tiffanycli I really thought we would have this in my lifetime. I mean, why not? As usual, though, nothing going through the beautiful upper northwest parts of the country
Maus Von Mausevitz@tiffanycli america with a competent rail system is a dream worth dreaming of. #hurryup
ZagTheRaccoon ๐ฆ (Essayist)@tiffanycli we could have been ticket to ride ๐
Ardee@tiffanycli
The map closely resembles the current Amtrak map on many routes. I saw somewhere that Amtrak was going to upgrade their DC/ NYT tracks for faster trains, but nothing elsewhere planned.
The map closely resembles the current Amtrak map on many routes. I saw somewhere that Amtrak was going to upgrade their DC/ NYT tracks for faster trains, but nothing elsewhere planned.
gdtrfb@tiffanycli This would be sweet, I just priced Amtrak, Chicago to LA , 43 hours. This looks like +/- 12 to 13.
JJ@tiffanycli i pray for this!!!
Road Not Taken@tiffanycli would be amazing. Even better would be this plus SLC to Portland and MSP to Seattle.
KayJayBee@tiffanycli yes, absolutely. My dream also includes a line between Minneapolis and Seattle, running down to Salt Lake from Spokane. Otherwise there is a big empty space and lots of us left out.
@kjbrowning definitely this is just a barebones map. But itโs already far, far beyond what we have now ๐ญ
@tiffanycli So true! I love train travel. This week has been a great example of why we need alternatives to flying and driving!!
Professor Loki@tiffanycli Dude I flipping wish!
newsorpigal@tiffanycli There is no way this is happening in the US.
Abandoned America@tiffanycli it's a dream I share
Kevin Karhan 
@tiffanycli it's long overdue...
โ๏ธโจHIGGS M. BOSONโจโ๏ธ(Vee)@tiffanycli in a perfect beautiful world... Maybe someday... ๐ฅบโจ
Sisukas Bill ๐ซ๐ฎ #Resist@tiffanycli
nice idea, but it won't happen in my lifetime.
nice idea, but it won't happen in my lifetime.
kvanduh@tiffanycli railways need a revival
@tiffanycli Iโd love to see this happen. Does the rest of the country have as bad a NIMBY problem as CA?
TransitBiker@tiffanycli There still needs to be a higher speed line across the top though. โบ๏ธ
Tory Alsip ๐
@tiffanycli I wish it could be more than a dream. ๐
@Tiffany Li Do it US, do it please :)
Is that some real map or just a wish?
Is that some real map or just a wish?
Laurent FRANCOISE@tiffanycli Always wondered why USA never done this, for instance in France we have TGV (Train ร Grande Vitesse - literally "high speed train") since early 80's, running at 300km/h.
Adam Bisset@tiffanycli Did you know that France recently banned short-haul domestic flights?
The Cactus@tiffanycli This should the "Highway system" equivalent of the 21st century. Bring back railroads.
That's the only solution to traffic and climate goals.