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Trains less than 300mph are useless in the US. Either go big (maglev/hyperloop) and meaningfully compete with airlines or forget about it.
by zionic 9y ago
Trains less than 300mph are useless in the US.
Either go big (maglev/hyperloop) and meaningfully compete with airlines or forget about it.
- hehheh 9y agoI'd be ok with investing in 200mph rail if we went ahead and bought enough ROW to add faster adjacent rail when the funds/will is there.
- masklinn 9y ago> Trains less than 300mph are useless in the US. That's complete nonsense. HSR is comfortably competitive with plane up to ~750 miles and can probably be stretched to ~900mi. That gives you a lot of interesting regions in the US. No, high-speed train is not useful for linking NYC and LA, but nobody ever suggested that.