European rail travel is good. Probably the only thing these cucks do well.
Getting from Seattle to Spokane in 3 hours or less with multiple departure times. For $30. Also fast cheap trains to Leavenworth, Wenatchee, Yakima, ellensburg, etc.
Expanding Amtrak is “Building Back Better” . . . “Biggest bang for the buck we can expend(?).”
OMG
Insanity prevails . . .
I am a fan of expanding Amtrak, it can be done fairly cheaply compared to building HSR... but the California HSR is just stupid
Why? It's a fucking boondoggle that wouldn't survive without Federal subsidies. Train travel is slow and unreliable. If they market doesn't support it why should the government?
My reason for support is that not everyone likes to fly and if you took away the support for airlines from the feds they would fail too.
Expanding Amtrak is “Building Back Better” . . . “Biggest bang for the buck we can expend(?).”
OMG
Insanity prevails . . .
I am a fan of expanding Amtrak, it can be done fairly cheaply compared to building HSR... but the California HSR is just stupid
Take a trip on Amtrak from Los Angeles to Portland (30 hours) and get back to me. Doesn’t matter whether it is coach or with a roomette.
It can be expanded “fairly cheaply” . . . Surely you jest!!!
If time is not an issue and you don't mind unscheduled stops and sitting on a train for 30 hours when a flight would take you 2 it's great. Oh yeah, the fact that Amtrak actually loses money on every rail line they operate outside of the DC to Boston, NYC, Philly corridor is another bonus.
They actually lose a ton on the NEC when you count maintenance. That's where 90% of the subsidy goes.
Expanding Amtrak is “Building Back Better” . . . “Biggest bang for the buck we can expend(?).”
OMG
Insanity prevails . . .
I am a fan of expanding Amtrak, it can be done fairly cheaply compared to building HSR... but the California HSR is just stupid
Take a trip on Amtrak from Los Angeles to Portland (30 hours) and get back to me. Doesn’t matter whether it is coach or with a roomette.
It can be expanded “fairly cheaply” . . . Surely you jest!!!
Done it numerous times... been over the whole US on the train. In sleeper it isn't cheap, but there is some amazing scenery.
I stayed in a roomette (sofa that folds down into a bed). I pulled the window “shade” down after a couple of hours. No one was able to get it back up the rest of the trip.
I enjoyed the 9-12 hour train ride from SB to Sac in my college days.
Take way too much Adderall and zone out the window while listening to Bon Iver. Once the surge hits, pull out the laptop and think about doing homework before deciding to write the intro to a new screenplay concept. Get stuck for several hours on how to format.
Feel weird, grab a beer and a microwaved cheeseburger from the snack station. Comeback, abandon screenplay, Shit post on hardcore Husky.
Expanding Amtrak is “Building Back Better” . . . “Biggest bang for the buck we can expend(?).”
OMG
Insanity prevails . . .
I am a fan of expanding Amtrak, it can be done fairly cheaply compared to building HSR... but the California HSR is just stupid
I used to love the NY to DC train. It is one area that kind of makes sense for rail. I am ;sure it is not making money, but to sit there, use their internet and get work done was nice.
Expanding Amtrak is “Building Back Better” . . . “Biggest bang for the buck we can expend(?).”
OMG
Insanity prevails . . .
I am a fan of expanding Amtrak, it can be done fairly cheaply compared to building HSR... but the California HSR is just stupid
Why? It's a fucking boondoggle that wouldn't survive without Federal subsidies. Train travel is slow and unreliable. If they market doesn't support it why should the government?
My reason for support is that not everyone likes to fly and if you took away the support for airlines from the feds they would fail too.
Expanding Amtrak is “Building Back Better” . . . “Biggest bang for the buck we can expend(?).”
OMG
Insanity prevails . . .
I am a fan of expanding Amtrak, it can be done fairly cheaply compared to building HSR... but the California HSR is just stupid
I used to love the NY to DC train. It is one area that kind of makes sense for rail. I am ;sure it is not making money, but to sit there, use their internet and get work done was nice.
That northeast corridor is about the only place where a train makes sense.
Expanding Amtrak is “Building Back Better” . . . “Biggest bang for the buck we can expend(?).”
OMG
Insanity prevails . . .
I am a fan of expanding Amtrak, it can be done fairly cheaply compared to building HSR... but the California HSR is just stupid
Why? It's a fucking boondoggle that wouldn't survive without Federal subsidies. Train travel is slow and unreliable. If they market doesn't support it why should the government?
My reason for support is that not everyone likes to fly and if you took away the support for airlines from the feds they would fail too.
What support for the airlines - pre chicom
Airports get billions a year plus the flight dispatchers
Now I would be happy to have Amtrak looked at there are major issues with the organization due to the unions... Chicago yard puts out trains that are a mess sometimes. I would prefer a public private partnership.
There are probably six or seven areas where it makes sense, NE Megablobulous, in the Midwest between KC and Columbus Ohio, Texas triangle, FL, Seattle-Portland-Vancouver. I don't know about California. It's 400 miles from LA to Gay Area. It takes billions to build the high speed train and improve the tracks and general infrastructure.
There are probably six or seven areas where it makes sense, NE Megablobulous, in the Midwest between KC and Columbus Ohio, Texas triangle, FL, Seattle-Portland-Vancouver. I don't know about California. It's 400 miles from LA to Gay Area. It takes billions to build the high speed train and improve the tracks and general infrastructure.
By air is always so nice for travel - crammed into an aluminum tube with a big fat person next to you that hasn't bathed in 3 days. Love it Train stations are always in the nicer parts of towns, when your train gets in at 2 AM after a 16 hour delay, it is fun trying to find a cab or an Uber driver that speaks Engrish.
So when I travel I always take the Bus. Love the smell of piss and farts - that is just trying to get into the bus station.
Travel has gotten to be so much fun in the past decade
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You’ve traveled around the country in Coach?
C’mon, man. Seriously?
Take way too much Adderall and zone out the window while listening to Bon Iver. Once the surge hits, pull out the laptop and think about doing homework before deciding to write the intro to a new screenplay concept. Get stuck for several hours on how to format.
Feel weird, grab a beer and a microwaved cheeseburger from the snack station. Comeback, abandon screenplay, Shit post on hardcore Husky.
Pretty sure the airlines pay for a good portion of the air traffic control costs.
But then again no one wants the tucson trash
Train stations are always in the nicer parts of towns, when your train gets in at 2 AM after a 16 hour delay, it is fun trying to find a cab or an Uber driver that speaks Engrish.
So when I travel I always take the Bus. Love the smell of piss and farts - that is just trying to get into the bus station.
Travel has gotten to be so much fun in the past decade