but you've got an internal rhyme in your version, so idk
Everyone's using ChatGPT these days.
It's so that articles can be easily written using the press release, no work necessary!
(My understanding is that the speed limits is more to do with the railways than the actual trainsets, but maybe that's wrong. Apparently they go 160mph at max vs 150 on the old ones, but I don't know if that speed can be sustained between DC and NYC)
> Amtrak's expects a roughly 30 minute reduction in travel time between both DC and NYC and NYC and Boston once all NEC upgrades are completed.
DC --> NYC right now is about 3 hours, so I guess it'll be near 2:30 if those upgrades are completed?
I do hope that at the time of booking they make it clear which Acela it is. Airlines do this: they usually mention the type of plane while booking. I might just do a trip on the new Acela to experience the train.
Edit: To extend a little bit, just saying that unions aren't the main problem with not having better public infrastructures in the US. Also, unions models are different outside of the US. I don't have a lot of information about US unions, but I've felt like the model is a lot more individualistic and closed to the sector they're working for, and in Europe go hand in hand with global workers unions.
In the USA the Union might be the only reason a certain profession has a healthcare plan at all. The relationship is so combative, unions basically have to adopt a "fuck you I'll get mine" attitude or they're passing things over the bargaining table for nothing in return.
Americans got the labor market they deserve: a transactional one.
And unions make you vote a lot. Once every year for my representative, plus almost every time a sympathy strike can be organised.
Based on my understanding, travel times in the northeast are limited not by the top speed of the trains, but by the tracks, and the fact that freight is prioritized.
For as much as Biden purported to be a pro-passenger train President, you'd think he would have done something about that.
Unfortunately Siemens has become something of a monopoly outside of Asia and France for passenger trains and they've apparently decided that train travel should be uncomfortable, with bad seats and harsh lighting.
The upside to these new Acela trains is that they were built by the French railcar maker Alstrom, not by Siemens like the rest of the new Amtrak carriages.
* DC to NYC: 80 minutes.
* NYC to Boston: 80 minutes.
* NYC to Toronto: 2 hours and 45 minutes.
* NYC to Chicago: 4 hours and 35 minutes.
s0ss•3h ago
tecleandor•3h ago
It'd be nice to see the distribution to know if there are some other efficiencies with relation to total length (shorter power cars) or internally (better seat distribution, maybe less first class...). Haven't looked much around, so maybe it's easy to get that info.
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i80and•3h ago
Acela Express has 8 cars, while the new Avelia Liberty is 9.
showerst•2h ago