[bray]

Which is exactly why it doesn’t work here. Even in the NE corridor there are too many variables to do that does not fit a train. The car is a far more efficient means of transportation to make it feasible to ride trains.

[maica]

Plus people living in this NE corridor die regularly being hit by these trains.

The track beds have been in place since trains were invented, and they are not safe for high-speed trains.

[Alas Babylon!]

People used to travel a lot by train. Think WWII, for example. However, they stopped using the train. It was a choice consumers made.

Why does the government think that just because they spend taxpayers’ valuable money on new trains that people will suddenly flock to them?

Some see a devious plot, but I don’t. I see stupidity and a childlike desire to really wish something would be true because they like it. Facts mean little. Wasting hard-earned money is easy when you’re immature and stupid.

[RayChuang88]

I also think that people forget in Europe, the distance between major population centers are short enough that high-speed trains are viable. The best example of this is the Thalys service (jointed owned by SNCF in France, NMBS/SNCB of Belgium, and Deutsche Bahn in Germany), where 300 km/h (186 mph) train service links Paris with cities in Belgium, the Netherlands and some cities in Germany--and it is a very popular service.

[upchuck]

Even in the NE corridor there are too many variables to do that does not fit a train.

That depends. When I was growing up in northern New Jersey, my Dad commuted into NYC for years on a train. Later when I was commuting into NYC, I used the same train. Cheaper than driving.