The United States needs High-Speed Rail

[QUOTE=Hawker;14041279]That project in Sydney that is out of control is something I don’t want in the US.[/QUOTE]

The light rail? In the end I think they spent around $2b, but it links a lot of suburbs that had no rail before and links up to all the major destinations across the city. Could have been cheaper but what do you expect from government. At least this one has added much needed highways and rail projects. Disagree with the idiotic amount of high rise apartments they've green lit creating future slums though.

LA could use a decent rail network, doesn't even have to be high speed. The only one they have joins hollywood to staples basically, it's pathetic.

Does Australia have a light rail connecting Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra? All the major cities are on the coast I believe.

[QUOTE=eliteballer;14041146]Japan’s terrain is mostly mountainous and they’ve built it, not an excuse.[/QUOTE]
Because japan always had great urban planning way back even before the 20th century and the ones that they build there are resilient because we all know their geography is prone to natural disasters.

[QUOTE=eliteballer;14041419]Does Australia have a light rail connecting Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra? All the major cities are on the coast I believe.[/QUOTE]

The main east coast places are Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Theres normal rail between Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Sydney to Canberra. There should be high speed connecting all of it but I guess for similar reasons of cost, distance and not a lot of interest they havnt bothered.

Each city has plenty of public trains, trams and light rail to get around.

[QUOTE=Axe;14041427]Because japan always had great urban planning way back even before the 20th century and the ones that they build there are resilient because we all know their geography is prone to natural disasters.[/QUOTE]

They also made the decision to get rid of most of the cars out of Tokyo, make registration extremely expensive and create a fantastic cheap to use train and metro system so you don't need to drive.. Tokyo is huge but you can reach any corner of it easily

[QUOTE=coin24;14041431]They also made the decision to get rid of most of the cars out of Tokyo, make registration extremely expensive and create a fantastic cheap to use train and metro system so you don't need to drive.. Tokyo is huge but you can reach any corner of it easily[/QUOTE]
Well, I've been there to Tokyo twice already but i wouldn't exactly say their trains are cheap to use, if you mean the fare. :lol

Also, with the extensive rail network that they have there, going from north to southern japan (say from tokyo to fukuoka) is made possible via land travel obviously due to the presence or abundance of high speed rails like the shinkansen.

And since there are a lot of narrow roads & streets there, kei cars are quite common as well, something that would attract practical locals because those things have some exemptions from tax, unlike bigger cars.

[QUOTE=Axe;14041439]Well, I've been there to Tokyo twice already but i wouldn't exactly say their trains are cheap to use, if you mean the fare. :lol

Also, with the extensive rail network that they have there, going from north to southern japan (say from tokyo to fukuoka) is made possible via land travel obviously due to the presence or abundance of high speed rails like the shinkansen.

And since there are a lot of narrow roads & streets there, kei cars are quite common as well, something that would attract practical locals because those things have some exemptions from tax, unlike bigger cars.[/QUOTE]

Travelling on the Shinkansen is definitely a great experience, much more enjoyable than jerking around with airports and travelling to and from.
We get a japan rail pass in Australia before we leave, so for a set price you can use the service as much as you like
. Same as the eurail pass

[QUOTE=coin24;14041442]Travelling on the Shinkansen is definitely a great experience, much more enjoyable than jerking around with airports and travelling to and from.
We get a japan rail pass in Australia before we leave, so for a set price you can use the service as much as you like
. Same as the eurail pass[/QUOTE]
Lol me and my fam also tried that back then from two years ago. We landed in the airport at fukuoka during the night and immediately, we took the bullet train to hiroshima.

The whole trip was almost around 190 miles but it only took us 45 minutes to reach our destination in the city and there were some stopovers along the way. The rail pass takes at least 9000 yen per person if I'm not mistaken but it was sweet.

On the other hand, it would take at least 3 hours if the said trip was travelled via bus instead.

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What's the demand for a choo choo train that travels to/from Bakersfield to Wichita? To Dallas from LA? (Could there be a better way?)

How's California's Boondoggle Train project doing?

High speed rail makes no financial sense in the U.S.

Most of our major metropolitan areas are too far away from each other so the cost of material to profit ratio is abysmal for a concept like high speed rail - this isn't Europe or Japan.

This is also why Elon Musks bullshit about a tunnel is laughable. He's a con artist taking peoples investments for that dead end lol

[QUOTE=hiphopanonymous;14306973]High speed rail makes no financial sense in the U.S.

Most of our major metropolitan areas are too far away from each other so the cost of material to profit ratio is abysmal for a concept like high speed rail - this isn't Europe or Japan.

This is also why Elon Musks bullshit about a tunnel is laughable. He's a con artist taking peoples investments for that dead end lol[/QUOTE]

You can connect regions IE California, the Northeast, Texas Triangle etc.

[QUOTE=eliteballer;14307330]You can connect regions IE California, the Northeast, Texas Triangle etc.[/QUOTE]

Yeah thats what planes do big guy.

OP is Chinese and thinks we need to emulate their infrastructure because he watched some Bill Nye episode