Future of Travel: Is High-Speed Rail Finally Happening in the U.S.?

Pivot

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4.3 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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All aboard for Pivot's special series on the future of travel, examining the big changes coming to the way we get around the world! Will 2024 be the year that high-speed rail becomes reality in the United States? How did the U.S. get so far behind other countries? And what cities have the best train systems? On this episode, Kara and Scott talk trains with Yonah Freemark, the principal research associate at the Urban Institute, who also writes the blog, The Transport Politic. Follow Yonah at @yfreemark Follow us on Instagram and Threads at @pivotpodcastofficial. Follow us on TikTok at @pivotpodcast. Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or at nymag.com/pivot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for this show comes from Virgin Atlantic.
0:03.3	Travel can be stressful.
0:04.9	I don't think that's a controversial take.
0:07.0	We're always so focused on the destination that the journey just feels like a means to an end.
0:11.6	Well, what if it wasn't? What if your travel experience was just as memorable as the destination itself?
0:16.6	Whether you're traveling for business or leisure, Virgin Atlantic wants to make your journey stand out.
0:21.9	We recently flew Virgin Atlantic, not together.
0:24.4	I didn't go with Scott, but their special extra touches made our trips
0:27.9	ones to remember for the best reasons.
0:30.0	We'll tell you about it later in the show.
0:32.2	Check out Virgin Atlantic.com for your next trip to see the world differently.
0:37.0	Hi everyone, this is Pivot from New York magazine the Vox Media
0:45.4	Podcast network I'm Kara Swisher and I'm Scott Galloway and you're listening
0:49.4	to our special three-part series on the future of travel where we look at the business and
0:53.8	tech trends that are impacting how we make our way through the world. We'll be
0:57.7	covering planes, trains, and yes automobiles. Today we're hitting the rails to
1:02.3	tackle trains at a pivotal time for high-speed
1:04.8	rail in this country. Transportation Secretary Pete Budajaj
1:08.3	recently said people have been dreaming of high-speed rail in America for
1:11.5	decades. It's really happening this time. But is it?
1:14.7	Here to enlighten us about the future of train travel is Yona Freemark. Yona is a researcher
1:20.2	at the Urban Institute and also writes the blog The Transport Politic.
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