return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoElon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrakwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1490arrow-down115
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minus-squareCmdrShepard42@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoI can get on board with this theory. They’re also insanely slow and nearly as expensive as air travel. I understand some of this is due to the rail network and who owns it, but it still seems like Amtrak hasn’t improved one bit since the 1950s.
minus-squareᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ @lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI used them once to get from Tampa to Miami. It was fine. We got there over an hour late. I wouldn’t really want to take a longer trip.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoAcela is not at all bad. It’s not very fast, but it has service every hour or so traveling at least as fast as a car on equipment from the 1990s. Lots of places would benefit from modern equipment from the 1990s and regular service
I can get on board with this theory. They’re also insanely slow and nearly as expensive as air travel. I understand some of this is due to the rail network and who owns it, but it still seems like Amtrak hasn’t improved one bit since the 1950s.
I used them once to get from Tampa to Miami. It was fine. We got there over an hour late. I wouldn’t really want to take a longer trip.
Acela is not at all bad. It’s not very fast, but it has service every hour or so traveling at least as fast as a car on equipment from the 1990s.
Lots of places would benefit from modern equipment from the 1990s and regular service