Gold-Plated High-Speed Rail
Recently, someone asked the Antiplanner why Amtrak’s high-speed rail plan is so expensive. They were referring to a proposal published in late October to increase speeds in Amtrak’s Boston-to-Washington corridor to 220 mph. The plan calls for spending $117 billion in the 427-mile corridor, for an average cost of nearly $275 million per mile. That’s [...]
Recently, someone asked the Antiplanner why Amtrak’s high-speed rail plan is so expensive. They were referring to a proposal published in late October to increase speeds in Amtrak’s Boston-to-Washington corridor to 220 mph. The plan calls for spending $117 billion in the 427-mile corridor, for an average cost of nearly $275 million per mile. That’s […]
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Gold-Plated High-Speed Rail
Recently, someone asked the Antiplanner why Amtrak’s high-speed rail plan is so expensive. They were referring to a proposal published in late October to increase speeds in Amtrak’s Boston-to-Washington corridor to 220 mph. The plan calls for spending $117 billion in the 427-mile corridor, for an average cost of nearly $275 million per mile. That’s […]