[Willie Green]

What is High Speed Ground Transportation?

High-speed ground transportation (HSGT)-- a family of technologies ranging from upgraded existing railroads to magnetically levitated vehicles-- is a passenger transportation option that can best link cities lying about 100-500 miles apart. Common in Europe ( The European Railway Server) and Japan (Japan Railways),HSGT in the United States already exists in the Northeast Corridor (Amtrak) between New York and Washington, D.C. and will soon serve travelers between New York and Boston. 

HSGT is self-guided intercity passenger ground transportation that is time competitive with air and/or auto on a door-to-door basis for trips in the approximate range of 100 to 500 miles. This is market-based, not a speed based definition. It recognizes that the opportunities and requirements for HSGT differ markedly among different pairs of cities. High-speed ground transportation (HSGT) is a family of technologies ranging from upgraded steel-wheel-on-rail railroads to magnetically levitated vehicles.

The Federal Railroad Administration has designated a variety of high density transportation corridors within our nation for development of HSGT:

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For more information, please visit the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA’s) High Speed Ground Transportation Website

[Willie Green]

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[Born Conservative]

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[DeFault User]

I'm still struck by the collective intimacy of a passenger car full of sleeping strangers.

At least he's not struck by the stench on the Eurostar. Fancy bullet trains with comfy seats and movies, traveling at over 200kph and you can't breathe deeply for fear of gagging.

[proxy_user]

Try the bar car if you want a little action.

But do not play blackjack with the salesman wearing a Rolex.

[El Gato]

A load of sleeping commuters is one of those scenes that make you stop short and marvel at the strangeness of humans. How is it that we plunge headlong into unconsciousness even with the lights staring down at us, the air-conditioning rushing, the wheels clattering, the conductor calling out the stations? Sleep is not only a blessing. It's also a wonderful joke, a truly sportive adaptation.

Well, it's easier, and definitely safer, than going to sleep while the big cats roar, and the hyenas howl, but we managed to do that too.