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Last Checked March 20, 2021

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Thu Jan 28 22:39:31 +0000 2021

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

When you’re talking about connecting two places that aren’t that far apart things like price, ease of connections to local transit, and frequency of service matter more than speed. Fast, fast, fast is the priority for connecting distant destinations. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 28, 2021 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Precisely because DC and Baltimore are close, making a faster-than-acela direct connection is not actually very valuable. What we need is to improve the usefulness of MARC/VRE and ultimately create an integrated S-Bahn sort of system for the region. — PolitiTweet.org

Sam McCormally @smccormally

@mattyglesias thoughts on the DC-Baltimore maglev?

Posted Jan. 28, 2021 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Citizens normally ask politicians about: — Problems they perceive in their lives and communities — Ideas they think would solve those problems Journalists normally ask about: — Political process or electoral mechanics — Newsy things other politicians say — PolitiTweet.org

James Fallows @JamesFallows

@mattyglesias Matt, thanks. For those joining us late: -This was from book ‘Breaking the News’ 25 years ago… https://t.co/T7JHhOLb7U

Posted Jan. 28, 2021 Hibernated

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