High-Speed Rail Is Dead in America

This is about a week late, which is my fault, I meant to post it earlier but forgot:

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To be honest, even though in a previous posting, I lambasted high-speed rail a good deal, I actually wouldn't mind it if it was viable, as I wouldn't mind taking a train from say New York to Los Angelos that goes slower than a jetliner but that is far roomier and more comfortable. I would not want high-speed rail to replace using the freeways though, or to require high gas taxes to subsidize it. But none of that matters now, as the whole concept is for the most part dead it seems.