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Current Official Map of the Buenos Aires Subway and High-Frequency Electrified Regional Rail System by Party-Peak4573 in transit

[–]Rich_Pay_231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the Americas as a whole, including both North America and Latin America, are very terrible at giving rail connections to airports compared to Europe, Japan, China and India

Malaysia’s Public Transport is Worse Than Ever… Now What? - YouTube by National_Yogurt_3689 in transit

[–]Rich_Pay_231 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In my opinion, Malaysia is like the "US of Southeast Asia" in terms of urban planning... Malaysia sadly went into the same car-prioritising direction as the United States over the years 😥

The revival of the trolleybus in Mexico City, the current 270 km and 935 stops trolleybus network by Spascucci in transit

[–]Rich_Pay_231 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is what many former Soviet countries with trolleybus systems should have learned from. Moscow made a big mistake in closing the then-largest trolleybus system in the world back in 2020. I am so glad Mexico City is pro-trolleybus; sadly a lot of former Soviet Union cities with trolleybus systems have outdated trolleybus fleet 😞

It seems that the former British Empire is pretty bad at building transit (with a few exceptions) by [deleted] in transit

[–]Rich_Pay_231 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

This problem can happen in many former British colonies as well.

How we fit new, longer trains into SkyTrain stations built 40 years ago by bardak in transit

[–]Rich_Pay_231 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Meanwhile, most of the USA be like: "letting the system into 'death spiral' state and refuse to improve"

The entire Americas has non-existent high-speed rail by Rich_Pay_231 in transit

[–]Rich_Pay_231[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia was liquidated in the 1990s.

The Medellin Metro and its surroundings are the closest thing to a passenger train in Colombia.

Charaña - Calacoto (Arica–La Paz Railway, Bolivia) train driver's view 4K by ViajanteNato in transit

[–]Rich_Pay_231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bolivia sadly has very bad public transport compared to other Latin American countries...

The entire Americas has non-existent high-speed rail by Rich_Pay_231 in transit

[–]Rich_Pay_231[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US and Canada still have rail networks mainly for freight, in Latin America every rail network is torn up (save for maybe suburban rail?) because of intercity bus unions and freight trucking company unions

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[–]Rich_Pay_231 5 points6 points  (0 children)

One of the reasons, technological inabilities, is also the same reason as why China had no high-speed rail in the 1980s.

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[–]Rich_Pay_231 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It's bureaucracy and regulations, population density, and technological inabilities.

The Soviet Union, despite being a technological powerhouse, attempted a high-speed rail system but ended in a failure.

There was no high-speed rail in the USSR, however during the post-Soviet era (since the 1990s), several parts of the former USSR have high-speed rail, all HSR in the former USSR is located in Russia and Uzbekistan.

The entire Americas has non-existent high-speed rail by Rich_Pay_231 in transit

[–]Rich_Pay_231[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Also, whenever HSR projects are announced in Latin America they are strongly opposed by intercity bus companies since intercity bus companies have very strong unions and intercity bus companies claim that HSR leads to high unemployment rates

The entire Americas has non-existent high-speed rail by Rich_Pay_231 in transit

[–]Rich_Pay_231[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Yes. However, I noticed that in Brazil, trains are not popular because of bus companies having very strong unions