

Tracks are owned buy companies that are moving goods, not people. Goods that mostly don’t need to be anywhere in a hurry as long as a lot get delivered. So you get mile long trains.
The US is big and populations aren’t concentrated. Trains wouldn’t stop where people need to go.
The us had coasts and inland waterways so moving things along the water was cheaper than rail.
The US is young compared to other countries and don’t develop rail for moving people like Europe and Russia.
We built an interstate road system, and had cheap gas and vehicles. No need for rail.
Do we need bullet trains? Yes. But labor is too expensive now. Linking the west coast cities together and getting to Chicago and the Gulf of Mexico somehow makes the most sense. We need a big push from the feds to make it happen though.
If it were me as pres I would make it a matter of natl security and have the military do most of the work.

























Yes.