"India is on the cusp of electrifying 100 percent of its rail lines, while China is nearing three-quarters of its network. Over 57 percent of the rail system in the European Union is electric. The US, which has historically prioritized personal cars over high-volume passenger trains, now can boast that it has two electric trains — and more on the way. "
No. We're not even on board with trains as a concept outside of the context of heavy freight shipping. The people are. But big oil spends a lot of bribe money to make sure you can't easily ride a train across the country.
I fucking wish. We’re 50 damn years from common sense.
I wish. The US is endlessly far behind on public transportation.
Talking to my own family members around the US, they only have eyes for their enormous gas guzzler pickup trucks that they use to run to the grocery store down the street.
I can't wait for the US to finally have decent public transport, I hate having to drive for everything
Now that the US doesn't rely on auto manufacturing as its main industry, people are coming around on trains.
But, what's that rule about headlines ending in a question mark? 🤔
No. The answer is always No.
This was not hard to find:
I don't understand this article. It talks as if these trains in California are the US' first electric trains.
Our light rail here in Portland OR is electric.
There's only one solution for the US. The world's fastest bullet train network. Anything less will not do.
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