High-speed rail in the U.S. has new promise, and new pitfalls
During a press conference last month to announce that his multifaceted Virgin brand would be taking over a U.S. train line in Florida, British billionaire Richard Branson pointedly criticized the current state of rail service in this country. “People in America have not had the good fortune to experience good train travel for a while,” he told reporters. Branson’s company announcement that it’s collaborating with the Brightline, a privately funded effort to create a higher-sp