>>1488420Not him, but that holds true here in germany as well.
The only country it doesn't hold true today is china where they build an entire HSR network faster than we build an airport.
It's also the lack of political willpower that is holding back such projects wich is caused by a flaw of democracy:
Long therm projects don't win elections.
Even if you started to plan a project like that the moment you get into office, you may not finish it before the next election.
To plan, aquire the land, build, test and open a railway system takes about about as long as an election period if you realy want it to happen and everything goes as planned.
Wich is the exact reason trains ran on time and megaprojects like the 3000 mm gauge where even considered in germany and italy during a certain period of time.
