The Airline lobbyists in Washington D.C. have kept our country from high speed rail for decades now.
I think we are the only civilized country on Earth that flies within it's own borders.
Everyone else in the world rides on 200 mph trains and only flies when they have to cross an ocean.
It's a disgrace that the Federal and State governments have blocked this since the 1970's because of airline company lobbyists money.
And these tiny projects that are mentioned in this thread that are projected to cost millions and even BILLIONS of dollars? What a joke.
We need bullet train service from coast to coast.
I was born and raised in Florida. Driving from Tampa to Orlando takes about an hour.
It's a very short distance on I-4.
How the fuck can some company justify spending 1.4 BILLION in taxpayer money for that?
For that much money, there should be a bullet train from Miami to Orlando to Tampa to Jacksonville.