> There is one high speed rail in North America and it isn’t on the West Coast. The Acela is barely high-speed for around 10% of the route length. Route which

> There is one high speed rail in North America and it isn’t on the West Coast. The Acela is barely high-speed for around 10% of the route length. Route which it has to share with other trains of varying speeds. There's no real high speed rail in the US, even though there are many opportunities for such routes.