As an outside/non-American observer: yeah, it'd make total sense, but it seems like there's no political will in the US to build publicly-owned transport infrastructure beyond:
- Maintaining what's already there
- Select state-level projects, in some states
- Select municipal-level projects, in some cities
This means there's been a huge deficit in this kind of project at the federal level.
In saying that, I don't want to give the impression that I'm on some ivory tower. Via Rail, a crown corp, is our national rail operator, and it's riddled with issues with little in the way of meaningful solutions.
- Maintaining what's already there
- Select state-level projects, in some states
- Select municipal-level projects, in some cities
This means there's been a huge deficit in this kind of project at the federal level.
In saying that, I don't want to give the impression that I'm on some ivory tower. Via Rail, a crown corp, is our national rail operator, and it's riddled with issues with little in the way of meaningful solutions.