The Most Absurd Passenger Rail Gaps In the US

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It's insane the city pairs in the US that aren't served by any passenger rail at all. Let's explore the worst and see if there are any plans afoot!

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Resources:
https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/pr...
Power Laws: https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.05346
Zipf's Law https://www.sciencedirect.com/science....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropo...
https://www.allaboardohio.org/amtrak-...
https://www.ridethefrontrange.com/
USDOT Corridor ID program: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/...
https://hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads...
https://www.texascentral.com/
https://lvpc.org/passenger-rail
https://www.riometro.org/226/Weekday

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