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I have also been detained in error.  I am also an American citizen.

I didn't like it either -- but shit happens.  The mistake was corrected.

It is indeed.  I often see stuff on FB about "Why does China have HSR and we don't?"

The reason offered is usually billionaires something something.

Anyway, Brightline claims to be building a line from LA to LV, which might make a bit of sense, maybe.  I wouldn't put a dollar on it.

My wife wanted to take Canada rail through the Rockies, neat idea, the cost was absurdly high.

The Acela line in the NE supposedly runs in the black.  Go figure, high density large cities with railroad stations amidst said large cities and it work pretty well apparently.

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Americans love their cars, and they like to fly.

Both are cheaper than rail.

Of course rail is gonna fail.

I feel like I was talking about this somewhere, maybe on here a few years ago, but the only situations where things like that work are ones where a car is grotesquely inconvenient.

If my company charged for parking, which it probably could, I would take a dinky little train to the office every day. But we have a parking deck, so I don’t.

Americans love their cars, and they like to fly.

Both are cheaper than rail.

Of course rail is gonna fail.

They may have loved the thought of cars, but it was statutory changes after WWII that made their proliferation possible.  A lot of discussions and hand-wringing nowadays about density and sprawl is 75+ years too late.

I feel like I was talking about this somewhere, maybe on here a few years ago, but the only situations where things like that work are ones where a car is grotesquely inconvenient.

If my company charged for parking, which it probably could, I would take a dinky little train to the office every day. But we have a parking deck, so I don’t.

I've noticed that the parking charge would have to be very, very expensive to get people onto American transit.

Brightline lost nearly $493 million during the first nine months of 2024, its latest financial report from December says, even as it brought in nearly $138 million from ticket sales and other sources of money.

Brightline breaks vow to Florida commuters, doesn't reinstate pass
Brightline breaks vow to Florida commuters, doesn't reinstate pass

the only route Brightline is making any money on right now is Miami/FtLaud/WPB to Orlando and vice versa. 

they spent ton of money opening up stations in Aventura and Boca and no one really uses it from Miami to WPB and in between because you aren't really saving any time that you would driving using it unless you're using it during rush hour traffic hours- and it just flat out costs too much to make it worth peoples while. 

Brightline speeds aren't fast enough either. Locally it only tops 79mph and in stretches to Orlando it gets up to 125 mph but that's still pretty damn slow compared to other HSR in Europe or Asia that are topping 180-280mph.

I like the Brightline a lot, but they charge too much to make it worth using locally and for what they charge to go round trip from WPB to Orlando I'd rather drive to buy an airline ticket from PBI to MCO. I've gotten round trip non-stop flights for basically same price or little more than what Brightline charges to go roundtrip from downtown West Palm to Orlando. 

REALLY cool service and really neat, but not that practical and costs too much.

It is indeed.  I often see stuff on FB about "Why does China have HSR and we don't?"

The reason offered is usually billionaires something something.

Anyway, Brightline claims to be building a line from LA to LV, which might make a bit of sense, maybe.  I wouldn't put a dollar on it.

My wife wanted to take Canada rail through the Rockies, neat idea, the cost was absurdly high.

Brightline has great trains and super nice train stations- just don't go fast enough from South FL to Orlando and costs too much for anyone to use locally and not saving any time locally using it really.

A high speed rail line from LA to LV could make sense though.