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A nice map http://static.persquaremile.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/us-europe-high-speed-rail-and-density.png http://static.persquaremile.com/wp-content/uplo

• arethuza 11y ago
  But that just shows how difficult these comparison are - Siberia has an extremely uneven distribution of population. If you chose one part of Siberia - Krasnoyarsk Krai, it is nearly ten times the area of Wyoming and has a much lower population density 1.21/km2 rather than 2.26/km2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasnoyarsk_Krai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasnoyarsk_Krai [NB And there appears to be an even bigger and emptier bit of Siberia next door but I haven't worked out what it is yet!]
  • sliverstorm 11y ago
    Precise comparisons are aside the point, which is simply that the middle of the United States is incredibly population-sparse, in the same ballpark as Siberia. Which, coincidentally, is not exactly known for its convenient commuter rail network.
• dagw 11y ago
  I'd take that map with a huge grain of salt. Saying that Norway has High Speed Rail for example is a bit of a stretch considering that the only high speed rail line in all of Norway is a short stretch between Oslo and the main airport. Saying Norway has high speed rail is like saying that the US has a monorail system.