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As of 2023, Turkey has 1,015 kilometers of high-speed rail lines in operation and 614 kilometers under construction; in Germany, 1,630 kilometers are in operation with 3,262 kilometers under construction. In contrast, the United States has a relatively low amount of high-speed rail for its size: only 735 kilometers of high-speed rail in operation and 1,789 kilometers under construction. Many US transportation experts argue that this should change, claiming that high-speed rail is more cost-effective than highway systems are.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the US transportation experts' claim?
In most locations in the US, increasing highway capacity is more expensive relative to the volume of traffic that can be accommodated than increasing high-speed rail capacity is.
A
In much of the US, the existing rail infrastructure is so old that it would have to be replaced entirely in order to accommodate high-speed trains.
B
Building successful high-speed rail infrastructure would require that the US government establish a fund to maintain the rail lines long-term.
C
Unlike people in the United States, people in Turkey and Germany are less interested in traveling by highway than they are in traveling by high-speed rail.
D