how much could a loop, hub, and spoke high-speed rail network cost between 100 locations, really? less than a department of war, I’d wildly guess.
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@djsundog not that scandalous, you could just take a couple lanes and leave one or two to quiet the carbrain complainers
@pho4cexa encase all the current highways in windowless reinforced concrete tubes and build the high-speed rail system on top with trains that are mostly big picture windows onto the landscape.
@djsundog high-visibility panorama trains that run often enough that you can just exit the train whenever a particularly picturesque location strikes your fancy, do lunch and shopping, get back on the evening train to continue to your route, nbd
if not for the terrifying experience of international travel to the usa i'd wonder if the bolstered tourism alone could pay for the project
“but sundog, planning such a thing would take decades, think of the various permitting processes and debates and…”
me: eyes the interstate highway system footprint
“you wouldn’t, sundog! you wouldn’t take the interstates!”
me: would