Recently a group of engineers gave the country a C- for the state of our infrastructure. Why doesn't the U.S. invest in highspeed rail? What are we doing? The estimated cost over the next ten years is $5.9T for needed upgrades to our infrastructure.
From a guy I know that was in China recently:
"I'm on the train from New York to Washington, for a speech at the Claremont Institute. It's my first long-distance trip in a year, and I'd forgotten the sad state of our infrastructure. The Acela feels like the inside of a washing machine during spin cycle. Typing is almost impossible, reading the computer screen just barely possible. The train was late because only one of two tunnels out of Manhattan is operating. Meanwhile China has 24,000 miles of high-speed trains that barely vibrate at 300 km/hour. And China is building even faster Mag-Lev trains that will take you from Shanghai to Beijing in three hours. Catch-up ball doesn't begin to describe it."
It is costly and it appears most prefer air travel.
China is also building their infrastructure during modern times where ours is older.
Do we need to upgrade to highspeed rail?
From a guy I know that was in China recently:
"I'm on the train from New York to Washington, for a speech at the Claremont Institute. It's my first long-distance trip in a year, and I'd forgotten the sad state of our infrastructure. The Acela feels like the inside of a washing machine during spin cycle. Typing is almost impossible, reading the computer screen just barely possible. The train was late because only one of two tunnels out of Manhattan is operating. Meanwhile China has 24,000 miles of high-speed trains that barely vibrate at 300 km/hour. And China is building even faster Mag-Lev trains that will take you from Shanghai to Beijing in three hours. Catch-up ball doesn't begin to describe it."
It is costly and it appears most prefer air travel.
China is also building their infrastructure during modern times where ours is older.
Do we need to upgrade to highspeed rail?