America’s dated railway infrastructure could disrupt President Joe Biden’s hopes for high-speed rail to become a “game-changing” opportunity to reduce carbon emissions, E&E News reported.
None of America’s existing railways are built to accommodate trains moving at 200 miles per hour (mph), and the busiest Amtrak routes, located in the northeast, are encumbered by sharp turns, power lines, decrepit tunnels and bridges that deter high-speed travel, E&E News reported. The Biden administration has pledged to pursue high-speed rail as a major research and development opportunity to help reach his administration’s goal to have the U.S. economy reach net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.
Other issues facing a high-speed rail future in the northeast of the country include congressional fights over funding, requirements that some federally-subsidized rail equipment be…
