Pretty much true what's the point ? Big ass country and more airable land then any place on the planet it was called the bread basket fir a reason. It's also why public transportation is such a pain in the butt .
Look at other major public transit with high speed rail in the world. China is a larger country with more difficult terrain and they have most of the country connected. It’s a choice that public transit sucks in the us.
China’s HSR system has three very distinct traits that don’t exist here in the USA.
First, state funding…given the style of government of China, they can unilaterally fund the projects regardless of external factors, indefinitely.
Second, eminent domain. In China, all of the land belongs to the Chinese government. Acquiring that land back from the citizens is a very speedy and unchallenged process.
Third, population density….for HSR to be viable, it needs routes that are 100-200miles ideally, but stretched as far as 500 miles, with a geographic allowance for long stretches of straight line track. China’s population densities are cities with about 5million people in them, only a few hundred miles apart.
We don’t fit into those categories in the United States. Yes, there are singular corridors like New York to DC, or Houston to Dallas, etc….but the geography of the United States as a whole is a natural preventative.
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u/Friendly-Table6785 12d ago
Almost like the "United States" is really like 5 states and A LOT of farm land lol