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3 days agoCommentary: The Real Reason Trump Opposes High-Speed Rail isn't About Trains, it's about Power - Streetsblog San Francisco
That means if someone wants to travel, say, between Washington and Providence, RI, a distance of about 400 miles, it can be done with unrivaled safety, comfort, and speed in about six hours, on infrastructure that's well over a century old. Parts of that run have been updated and modernized, permitting bursts of speed up to 160 mph with the new trains.
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