The one form of public transit Trump might support

Much of the nation’s high-speed rail action is happening in red states. This could be a boon for the president-elect’s ego.

Something that unironically used to be great about America is passenger rail. America really was first to many of the industry’s technological milestones. In the early 20th century, the nation built the world’s first all-electric station at Grand Central Terminal. In the 1930s, streamliner trains developed in the U.S. pioneered design innovations (like multiple-unit engines and aerodynamic train bodies) that would prove essential to the eventual development of high-speed rail. At one point that decade, the U.S. had the top 10 fastest passenger rail services globally.¹