It's Time For National High Speed Rail

[LoneLaugher]

Just saw a short documentary on "TV Japan" showing the history of the "Shinkansen" bullet train system there. My thought was.....fuck....the USA is stupid for not having them.

Here's an article about the success of the system in Japan.

The Economist explains Why Japan s high-speed trains are so good The Economist

It's time.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

Just saw a short documentary on "TV Japan" showing the history of the "Shinkansen" bullet train system there. My thought was.....fuck....the USA is stupid for not having them.

Here's an article about the success of the system in Japan.

The Economist explains Why Japan s high-speed trains are so good The Economist

It's time.

it would be a huge money loser so why have it??

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

Thats what airplanes are for.
If you have dreams of riding the rails become the hobo you are.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

Thats what airplanes are for.
If you have dreams of riding the rails become the hobo you are.

he's a brainless liberal. It never crossed his mind that taxpayers would have to pay for the losses.

 

[bripat9643]

Just saw a short documentary on "TV Japan" showing the history of the "Shinkansen" bullet train system there. My thought was.....fuck....the USA is stupid for not having them.

Here's an article about the success of the system in Japan.

The Economist explains Why Japan s high-speed trains are so good The Economist

It's time.

Japan has about 20 times the population density of the United States. Even so, it still loses money on the bullet train. High speed rail has never paid for itself. Air travel is far cheaper and far more efficient.

 

[TheOldSchool]

It's embarrassing that the U.S. lacks these trains despite that much of the rest of the 1st world has them. We can't even send anyone into space anymore. It's pathetic.

 

[Mr. H.]

This world of nations was built upon...

1) Foot traffic.
2) Horse traffic.
3) Steam traffic.
4) Coal traffic.
5) Hydrocarbon traffic.

And yet none of the above is faster than the electron.

Stay the fuck home and work from your computer.

High Speed Rail is worthless technology.

 

[bripat9643]

Just saw a short documentary on "TV Japan" showing the history of the "Shinkansen" bullet train system there. My thought was.....fuck....the USA is stupid for not having them.

Here's an article about the success of the system in Japan.

The Economist explains Why Japan s high-speed trains are so good The Economist

It's time.

it would be a huge money loser so why have it??

The "high speed" rail link from Anaheim to San Francisco is now predicted to cost $100 billion dollars, and since it is now going to use the same tracks that cargo traffic uses, the top speed will be 67 mph.

Does anyone besides me think this project is absolutely nuts?

 

[Delta4Embassy]

High-speed rail in the US is redundant. It's good for places like Japan which due to very limited space can't plop down massive airports, but can fit in some train tracks and stations.