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  • Obama's High Speed Rail Strategy: What Will Happen When the Steel Meets the Track? [View article]
    Interesting article and well documented.
    Re: noise pollution from trains-these HSR are all overhead electrified, no diesel-electric. reasonably quiet.

    Like a lot of urban mass transit systems (not busses) and commuter railroads, these HSR are a niche application. Sure, London to Paris makes great sense. CA coast and NE corridor possibly.

    Has anyone looked at the futurists concept of megalopolis corridors? Looking at your charts, it doesn't appear so. If we're all going to end up in these cities, it would seem HSR between them, and since some are hundreds of miles long, inside them could work.

    Since airlines are the main competitors, ticket prices, travel time and convenience are prime considerations. I looked at taking the Amtrak express from LA to Chicago a few years ago and found the cost savings didn't justify the time penalty (and that was for a vacation).

    Finally, what happened to the HSR between LA & Vegas I've been hearing about for years? I guess LVCC decided they couldn't go "all in" on that one.
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