Amtrak
>Not so friendly reminder that musk specifically came up with, and pushed, for hyperloop ***knowing*** that it would never be made, as an effort to stop the development of highspeed rail in America and shift all political discussions of it because "something better is around the corner": > >> As I’ve written in my book, Musk admitted to his biographer Ashlee Vance that **Hyperloop was all about trying to get legislators to cancel plans for high-speed rail in California—even though he had no plans to build it.** Several years ago, Musk said that public transit was “a pain in the ass” where you were surrounded by strangers, including possible serial killers, to justify his opposition. > [source: new york times](https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F6203815%2Felon-musk-flaws-billionaire-visions%2F\&t=ZGNiZGRhMWQ2N2JkODIzMmEwN2E0OGM3MmNlYjQ5Nzc4MGFjY2ZjNSxjZDc5NTg4ODQ3Nzg5OTU5Y2JlMTAwYWY2MjczYjBiZmNjYmMwYTM5\&ts=1724792815) > >Also: 2024 update, the total length of China's high-speed rail tracks has now reached well over 45,000 km, or 28,000 miles, by the end of 2023. > >They are additionally five years ahead of schedule and expect to double the total number within ten years. And, before someone inevitably complains about "how expensive it is", they are turning over a **net-profit** of over $600M USD a year. [Via](https://www.tumblr.com/macleod/759290208038666240/not-so-friendly-reminder-that-musk-specifically)
This is a new group to me, but this happened recently. This photo, and its caption, features part of the Amtrak station. It was a pretty big deal here. Sorry if irrelevant.
did you hear that last year Amtrak's schedules won the Pulitzer award for fiction :P
It seems that the new fare system took effect yesterday. In addition to changes to the availability of full refunds per fare type, a lot of routes got cheaper. I just got $32 back for an upcoming trip to Buffalo and back on the Lake Shore Limited by going to Modify Trip and reselecting the trains I had already booked, which moved my trip to the new fare system at the lower available price. If you have an upcoming trip, definitely double-check if you can get some money back as well.
