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Originally Posted by hipster duck
I feel like this divergence is widening, too.
The major cities of Canada, Australia and the UK are building or have recently completed multi-billion dollar transit megaprojects. There's almost nothing under construction in the US, given the size of the economy.
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Indeed. They are all moving on and the US seems to be stuck or at least underperfoming badly, specially as they have a lot to catch up.
And specifically about Britain mentioned by Crawford, they have this bad rap regarding railways. However, the number of interurban passengers there skyrocketed on the past 20 years and of course, HS2 and the big London transit upgrades. Things are moving there too.