Pete Buttigieg Wants The U.S. To Lead The World In High-Speed Rail
The transportation secretary said there is no reason America has to “settle for less” when it comes to public transportation. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-buttigieg-high-speed-rail_n_601dafc1c5b6d78d44465429
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in an interview with MSNBC on Thursday that he hopes the United States will one day be a global leader in high-speed rail.
Speaking with MSNBC’s Joy Reid, Buttigieg said that the U.S. has been forced to “settle for less” when it comes to train transportation, especially compared to other nations like Japan or the United Kingdom.
“I just don’t know why people in other countries ought to have better train service or more investment in high speed train service than Americans do,” Buttigieg said. “Amtrak has done a heroic job with the constraints that had been placed on them. Now we’ve got to take things to the next level.”
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