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Originally Posted by the urban politician

You’re not telling me anything I don’t know.

I’m a huge advocate of transit, TOD, density, walkable design, and commuter rail for cities that warrant it.

But this idea of some grand intercity high speed rail network is garbage. It’s impractical and has no hope of happening in America, nor should it.

I can see a few corridors, like Bos-Wash, or Hiawatha, or maybe one or two others being justified, but that’s it.

Here is a litmus test of whether something makes financial sense: would a private operator be willing to run it? If yes, then go for it. If no, then.....

sounds like we should destroy our interstates unless we can find a private operator to run them.