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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

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1. Great, so it allows passengers to stay on the train together longer?

Mon Mar 30, 2020, 09:01 AM

Mar 2020

Why not just make all trains Acelas? Wouldn't that be the smarter thing to do health-wise, time-wise, consumer-wise, and business-wise?

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Amtrak's high-speed Acela service has been suspended [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 OP

Great, so it allows passengers to stay on the train together longer? DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #1

The Acela can only run on electrified lines for one thing VMA131Marine Mar 2020 #2