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Gormy Cuss

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3. The U.S. has the density to support high speed rail on several corridors.

Reply to whatthehey (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 31, 2014, 11:25 AM

Mar 2014

The Eastern seaboard, the West Coast, and from Chicago to the south.
Those are just the most obvious ones. There are more shorter high speed rail appropriate areas sprinkled around the country.

We don't have high speed rail because there has been no compelling reason to build it in a society where cars are the default vehicle for ground transport. That's changing and it's probably time to start building our own rails.

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China’s high-speed rail is so popular, it’s hurting the domestic airline industry [View all] n2doc Mar 2014 OP

Which is the part of the reason reason why rocktivity Mar 2014 #1

Density whatthehey Mar 2014 #2

The U.S. has the density to support high speed rail on several corridors. Gormy Cuss Mar 2014 #3

If the economy improves, high speed rail in the upper Midwest, with Chicago amandabeech Mar 2014 #5

And also Texas. DanTex Mar 2014 #6

Thanks, I knew that I'd miss some spots. Gormy Cuss Mar 2014 #7

meanwhile in CA a handful of people (not in the areas affected) will just screech until MisterP Mar 2014 #4