@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months agoElon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrakwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1479cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1479external-linkElon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrakwww.nbcnews.com@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months agomessage-square114fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 months agoI can get on board with this theory. They’re also insanely slow and nearly as expensive as air travel. I understand some of this is due to the rail network and who owns it, but it still seems like Amtrak hasn’t improved one bit since the 1950s.
minus-squareᴍᴜᴛɪʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴡᴀᴠᴇ linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoI used them once to get from Tampa to Miami. It was fine. We got there over an hour late. I wouldn’t really want to take a longer trip.
I can get on board with this theory. They’re also insanely slow and nearly as expensive as air travel. I understand some of this is due to the rail network and who owns it, but it still seems like Amtrak hasn’t improved one bit since the 1950s.
I used them once to get from Tampa to Miami. It was fine. We got there over an hour late. I wouldn’t really want to take a longer trip.