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Originally Posted by Handro
Pretty much agree with this. I'm all for increasing capabilities for non-car travel but investing more in AMTRAK seems like a dead end unless there are some big changes coming that I don't understand. IMO the only benefit AMTRAK offers is the novelty of taking a train, and that's not really much of a benefit at all.
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I don't see how a national (or multi-region) HSR project materializes without Amtrak. The options for creating one are basically a national entity (Amtrak) or delegating it to states like the interstate highway system. If they did delegate it locally, it still would require the feds to organize the infrastructure build out, especially on rail lines that cross multiple state lines.