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The biggest hindrance is the environmental red tape and then the corruption. China has high speed trains from Shanghai to Beijing and that is roughly the distan
by 1cvmask 6y ago
The biggest hindrance is the environmental red tape and then the corruption. China has high speed trains from Shanghai to Beijing and that is roughly the distance of Chicago to NYC.
- Spooky23 6y agoAll you need is a strong federal push. States aren’t capable of building big infrastructure like this. Federal cash with federal strings attached is incredibly effective. Look at interstate highways as an example. Fairly standard overpass bridge replacements cost $50M. Project quality varies but stuff gets built mostly on time and with minimal corruption.
- marcinzm 6y agoFederal push also bypasses some of the state level corruption and graft.