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by SwellJoe 12 days ago
Autonomous buses and private vehicles don't solve any of the problems high speed rail solves.
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They're basically not building anything, and what they are building will be borderline unusable because of the route they chose so the car will be faster, cleaner and more convenient. If you want fast you can take the plane. So unless the problem is "how do we siphon as much tax dollars as possible banana republic-style?" I really can't agree here.