Beaver@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoCalifornia launches electric trains as US lags behind world in rail electrificationyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down14
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minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months ago considering that US was a world leader in terms of rail transport upto WW II, why the abysmally low numbers? We spent all our rail money on the interstate highways and their exorbitant maintenance costs.
We spent all our rail money on the interstate highways and their exorbitant maintenance costs.