I guess Asian countries of China, Japan, and SK will be the only places they exist for the foreseeable future.
Maybe Musk can resurrect the Hyperloop. He said it would exceed 700 mph.
Was it ever really going to happen?
These things may be the future but in the present are nothing but money pits. Don’t ask me how I know.
“environmental review” has destroyed the country’s progress. Ironically environmentalists ruin the environment.
“Also, getting the train to max speed would require specific guideway geometry that “constrains the ability to avoid sensitive resources” like the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge.”
I like it - throw ‘environmentalism’ back IN THEIR FACES.
THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO NEED TO GO 300 MPH ARE SITTING IN THE SEAT OF A TOP FUEL DRAGSTER OR FUEL FUNNY CAR.
Thousands of potential millionaires are dismayed at the loss of all those untold billions of dollars of bribes and untraceable waste...
Borderline suicide, as they drool over the billions that California crooks have stolen from its failed high-speed rail project...
In general, the American Communist Party is prevented from using their number one technique (commuter rail systems) to spread ghettoism efficiently into all those otherwise civilized sections of the Nation that remain...
Washington, D.C. to New York through Baltimore. Can’t see much benefit to the rest of the United States. Let New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and the District pay for it.
One hundred sixty years ago, cross-country transportation via railroad was considered extremely fast, compared to horse/wagon/stagecoach travel.
Times change and the time of travel to/from rail depots must be considered these days, just the same as with the airports.
The Kalifornia HSR became a multi-$Billion joke, as the track plan was modified to stop in small cities well short of LA & SF.
If they want that train, let them pool their money, political influence, bribes, etc. and do it themselves.