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Public transportation is on a different level and all mayor cities are connected via a high speed rail network. The latter probably will never happen in the US
by augstein 1y ago
Public transportation is on a different level and all mayor cities are connected via a high speed rail network.
The latter probably will never happen in the US.
- tracker1 1y agoConsidering the US has far fewer people far more spread out, with two major sets of mountain ranges just in the continental US probably not. It might be possible to have high speed rail on either coast with a single rail line following along a route near I-10 east=west. Even then it's a lot of nature to overcome.
- basisword 1y agoI feel like these are the kinds of excuses that would be ignored with Chinese infrastructure projects. Tunnel through the mountains.
- tracker1 1y agoYeah, nobody in the US is working on that at all... https://www.boringcompany.com/ https://www.boringcompany.com/
- Orochikaku 1y agoI’d strongly recommend that you watch this video: “The Vegas Loop Is Getting Progressively More Stupid”.[1] [1] https://youtu.be/VPjODKUxV5g https://youtu.be/VPjODKUxV5g (22:05)
- basisword 1y agoWhere's the high speed rail then? Tunnelling isn't the difficult part.
- tracker1 1y agoWe have cars... privacy, freedom of movement, independence, flexibility. If you need faster, there are aircraft for that.
- loire280 1y agoThere's a lot of population centers in the US that could be better connected without crossing the Rockies. Beijing to Shanghai is roughly the same distance as Chicago to New York City. Travel time via train is 4.5 hours vs 22 hours. Boston to New York is almost 4 hours on the Acela!
- herbst 1y agoThis is a very lazy excuse that always comes up. Even Russia has a better train connection and it's even less dense.
- integralid 1y agoSo like in (parts of) Europe?
- herbst 1y agoThis also describes nearly all of Europe