mapsontheweb

Passenger trains in US vs Europe (image is making the rounds among U.S. transit advocates today)

rumbustious-backhander

High speed rail in China on 2008 VS 2020

Source: mapsontheweb
this breaks my heart for reali spent a long time trying to plan a fun train trip home from la but there’s truly so few train lines and you’re super limited in where youcan go. and its not cheap either!! but the part i did end up riding the train for— la to chicago— was staraight up magical 100000 times bettbetter than a bus. faster obv and with bathrooms and legroom and views of places that aren’t just the highway….if i was dictator of america i would replace the highways with trains. they would kill me in the coup but it would be worth it