Biden unveils $53bn high-speed rail plan

Vice President Joe Biden proposed a six-year plan for US high-speed rail that immediately prompted a sceptical response from House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica, who called Amtrak, the government-owned rail carrier, a ‘Soviet-style train system’ incapable of providing the US with a modern high-speed rail system.

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