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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the world builds high speed rail by GrumpyBen on Saturday July 01, 2017 @04:05PM (#14678709)
Will the Google Car drive at 200 mph ?
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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the world builds high speed rail by modeless on Saturday July 01, 2017 @04:23PM (#14678804)
No, but it will take you door to door, departing instantly when you're ready and not before, and it won't stop in between unless you want it to.
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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the world builds high speed rail by pikzen on Saturday July 01, 2017 @05:37PM (#14679173)
*citation needed

The congested road network still happens with Google cars.

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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the world builds high speed rail by giardini on Sunday July 02, 2017 @12:27AM (#14680901)
Does it, even when cars movements are coordinated and all driving automated? How congested?

Regardless I would want to see a cost-justification of high speed rail vs auto vs standard train vs buses, etc.

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