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>- a country wide network of high speed railroads in a country larger than the US That's more of a factor of population density and distribution than anything
by marcinzm 7y ago
>- a country wide network of high speed railroads in a country larger than the US
That's more of a factor of population density and distribution than anything else. There's few places in the US where high speed rail makes sense compared to airplanes.
- Animats 7y agoChina is building high speed rail even where it doesn't "make sense", as part of a national policy to tie the country together. Here's a current map.[1] That's comparable to having high speed rail to every major city east of the Mississippi, plus a line out to the West Coast. [1] https://www.travelchinaguide.com/images/map/train/high-speed-railway.jpg https://www.travelchinaguide.com/images/map/train/high-speed...