Posted on 02/06/2013 8:05:01 AM PST by SeekAndFind
High speed rail is moving forward in California, but progress is pretty stagnant around the rest of the country. Still, there are a lot of proposals out there, and when placed on one map, they form an impressive rail network.
This map was put together by California Rail Map, led by Alfred Twu, which combined existing proposals from high speed rail advocacy groups around the US.
The US High Speed Rail Association, a nonprofit trade association, predicts a network similar to this one could be in place by 2030.
Transporation Secretary Ray LaHood has called for a large HSR network, saying it could link 80 percent of Americans within 25 years, for $500 billion.
Based on this map, starting in Los Anglees, a high speed train could get to New York, with stops in Denver and Chicago, in well under 18 hours.
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This is one of the goals of socialism (democrats)
that’s why they love this stupid rail crap
they hate we have cars and can be independent and free to go where we want to
The people don’t care one wit about a trail system but hey, gotta create more jobs for the TSA.
With our present form of Government, the US can build no public project cheaply. We have the most expensive and complex Gov’t in the world.
This is all a pipe-dream.
If you’re going to do it, do it like Japan were EVERY RAIL LINE IS PRIVATIZED.
Where will the government find enough cash to keep such a money sink afloat? Mass transit has ever been a money losing proposition.
Plus they can bring more of these worthless illegals and socialists to your doorstep. What I like about the countryside it’s because of it’s isolation and inaccessibility. Now, it’s going to be just another station.
And as much as I am a train watcher and supporter; if I'm an investor, this is a non-starter. It would cost probably 2X in ticket pricing and 3X in travel time (I'm also not buying that 'under 18 hours' bit). So why even consider this?
I'm sorry, but train travel is great for cargo (and should be expanded where possible for that purpose), but the convenient of air and even car travel is far more advantageous for passengers. So yes - I would defund Amtrak if I were in charge.
We could have had that and more out of the private rail industry, if the federal government had not both regulated/taxed the railroads out of existence and “competed” against them buy building the infrastructure of other transportation modes with tax dollars. What an awesome “thank you” the feds gave the railroads after WWII for their service during that war, eh? (Most of the technology used in high-speed rail would not have come to pass if not for US technology developed by people like Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse among others.)
why passenger rail?
Google autodrive would be much more comfortable and personal.
Also high speed rail is not all high speed. it is only fast for a little bit.
Florida is already working on dumping theirs since it would be cheaper to just buy all the potential passengers a limo and driver for life.
is it shaped like a bankrupt white elephant?
And we had a poster here once who was a fanboi of lightrail.
He had no problem with government forcing us to subsidize it.
I would gladly take a high speed train if it is built with private funds and no cost to the taxpayer and is cheaper than air travel or my car and the tickets must not be subsidized by the government.
What that really means is I will not be taking a high speed rail trip.
Haven’t stopped laughing yet! I thought flying cars were the wave of the future!!!!!
Wyoming looks safe
That map almost perfectly mirrors the current Amtrak route map (which, by the way, no one is using)
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