A Global Leader in Obsolete Technology | Cato Institute

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s proposal to make the United States a “global leader” in high‐​speed rail is like aspiring to be a global leader in typewriters, rotary phones, or steam locomotives as high‐​speed rail is a functionally obsolete technology.
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A Global Leader in Obsolete Technology | Cato Institute