Why The US Has No High-Speed Rail

[dexter]

China has the world’s fastest and largest high-speed rail network — more than 19,000 miles, the vast majority of which was built in the past decade.
Japan’s bullet trains can reach nearly 200 miles per hour and date to the 1960s. They have moved more than 9 billion people without a single passenger causality.
France began service of the high-speed TGV train in 1981 and the rest of Europe quickly followed.
But the U.S. has no true high-speed trains, aside from sections of Amtrak’s Acela line in the Northeast Corridor. The Acela can reach 150 mph for only 34 miles of its 457-mile span. Its average speed between New York and Boston is about 65 mph.
California’s high-speed rail system is under construction, but whether it will ever get completed as intended is uncertain. Watch the video to see why the U.S. continues to fail with high-speed trains, and some companies that are trying to fix that.

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

No money

 

[Philip the Arab]

No money

Are you joking m8? We have enough cars so that train transportation becomes redundant.

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

Are you joking m8? We have enough cars so that train transportation becomes redundant.

This just shows how much you know about infrastructure development. It's cute

 

[Philip the Arab]

This just shows how much you know about infrastructure development. It's cute

Chinas cars per capita is way less than Americas sped.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_per_capita

Reasons why the US doesn't have high speed rail.

• Population density or lack thereof
• Our unique model of urban and suburban development
• The strength of our property rights
• Car culture, or America's lingering obsession with the automobile
• The lasting power of network effects
• An existing rail network is geared towards long-haul commercial freight traffic

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

Chinas cars per capita is way less than Americas sped.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_vehicles_per_capita

My God, if you dont know what your talking about then don't talk at all. Cars and mass public transportation is different with the lateral being way more important to community growth then having your own car.

 

[Philip the Arab]

My God, if you dont know what your talking about then don't talk at all. Cars and mass public transportation is different with the lateral being way more important to community growth then having your own car.

Public transportation is for poorer people generally, getting to places is much more efficient by plane, or car albeit more expensive. Trains aren't needed and would be very expensive to maintain on top of highways.

As I stated before the US doesn't have high speed rails because...

• Population density or lack thereof
• Our unique model of urban and suburban development
• The strength of our property rights
• Car culture, or America's lingering obsession with the automobile
• The lasting power of network effects
• An existing rail network is geared towards long-haul commercial freight traffic

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

Public transportation is for poorer people generally, getting to places is much more efficient by plane, or car albeit more expensive. Trains aren't needed and would be very expensive to maintain on top of highways.

As I stated before the US doesn't have high speed rails because...

• Population density or lack thereof
• Our unique model of urban and suburban development
• The strength of our property rights
• Car culture, or America's lingering obsession with the automobile
• The lasting power of network effects
• An existing rail network is geared towards long-haul commercial freight traffic

It's not for poor people wtf are you smoking?

 

[Fledgingwings]

Maybe Air travel is cheap in USA.