Depends on what you mean by "panned out". The tech works, but society isn't interested in trains since it was developed and matured.
We pushed cars, freeways, etc. Not just in the US. Other countries followed along for their own reasons.
It's like nuclear; the tech can work fine. We just don't have the interest.
I blame lobbying against public utilities, personally. Decades of pro-privatization rhetoric, getting people to buy-in on their own vehicle, versus pub-trans.
We pushed cars, freeways, etc. Not just in the US. Other countries followed along for their own reasons.
It's like nuclear; the tech can work fine. We just don't have the interest.
I blame lobbying against public utilities, personally. Decades of pro-privatization rhetoric, getting people to buy-in on their own vehicle, versus pub-trans.