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US Breaks Ground On Its First-Ever High-Speed Rail
Wednesday April 24, 2024. 09:00 AM , from Slashdot
Once built, the trains will reportedly include onboard Wi-Fi, restrooms, and food and drinks available for purchase. Brightline hasn't provided an exact price for how much an individual train ticket will cost but has instead said they expect it to be roughly equivalent to the price of an airline flight. Brightline reportedly believes the train could attract 11 million one-way passengers annually once it's up and running. The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates the new train could cut back 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year and create 35,000 new jobs. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg described the moment as a 'major milestone in building the future of American rail.' The ceremony symbolically took place on Earth Day. 'Partnering with state leaders and Brightline West, we're writing a new chapter in our country's transportation story that includes thousands of union jobs, new connections to better economic opportunity, less congestion on the roads, and less pollution in the air,' Buttigieg said in a statement. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/04/24/0238217/us-breaks-ground-on-its-first-ever-high-speed-rail?...
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