Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Everyone on this site is either too enthusiastic about intercity trains in the United States or else too skeptical. It’s a large country with a varied geography and some places where investing in passenger trains makes sense and then in most of the country it doesn’t. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 3, 2021 Hibernated

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I think under the current system there are something like 2x as many train riders as plane fliers on the NYC/DC route. People like the comfy seats. — PolitiTweet.org

increasing a plane ticket between NYC and DC by $5 isn't going to make the $200 Acela more competitive

Posted April 3, 2021 Hibernated

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Perhaps my most right-wing opinion is that the federal government is too involved in transportation planning and should do less of this — PolitiTweet.org

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