return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 22 hours agoElon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrakwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1359arrow-down19
arrow-up1350arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk suggests the U.S. should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrakwww.nbcnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 22 hours agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareCmdrShepard42@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 hours 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-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours 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.