If there’s a want for a high-velocity practice wherever on the planet, america must be on prime of the record.
Do we have now one? No.
The railroads within the U.S. are antiquated. I hardly ever use a practice as transportation, however the few occasions I do, I’m so distraught that I think about I’m on a practice pulled by a steam locomotive. I just lately took the practice from Los Angeles to San Diego. It broke down twice, with a delay of 1 hour and 45 minutes.
That is America, the richest and most fashionable nation on the planet, a nation that landed a person on the moon and has despatched robots to Mars.
What we have now is a “choo-choo practice system.” I ponder why we’re nonetheless extra then 30 years behind different nations.
John Genna
Simi Valley
Younger guys zip
Francisco Martinez, writer of the Sept. 1 Departure Factors article, “Racing Boldly Towards Life,” didn’t give his age, however I believe he’s younger, as evidenced by such feedback as “rented a bike” and “zoomed forward of the pack.” The article about his journey to Indonesia was superbly written and made clear his emotions about what’s actually necessary in life and issues in the long term.
Martinez defined how Fb billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, regardless of his wealth, would most likely have the identical feeling of enjoyment driving by the countryside however probably couldn’t or wouldn’t.
I bought a kick out of the truth that the author used Zuckerberg as the instance of a billionaire somewhat than, say, Microsoft’s Invoice Gates or Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, most likely as a result of it will be tough to image Gates or Bezos zipping by visitors on a bike. Zuckerberg, alternatively, continues to be younger, and younger guys zip.
Invoice Spitalnick
Newport Seaside
