Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ...
by Fricken on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:28PM
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Here's a good video summarizing what China has done with high speed rail in a little over a decade:
Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ...
by DeonPenny on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:27PM
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The difference is population density. It make sense for china because popution center need to pipe huge amounts of people around. That doesn't exist in the US where cars are more efficient.
Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ...
by melling on Sunday December 23, 2018 @08:37AM
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How’s the population density in Spain? They have more HSR than the US.
Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ...
by DeonPenny on Sunday December 23, 2018 @11:42AM
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Spain has 3 times the population density of the US. The US would need 900 million people to have the same density.
Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ...
by melling on Sunday December 23, 2018 @12:21PM
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I guess we’re lying with statistics.
The population density of Kansas and Montana is quite low. America is quite large.
However, Los Angeles and New York, San Francisco, etc are much more densely populated than Spain.
Unfortunately, now it’s incredibly expensive to build HSR.
China, the same size as the US, will have 25,000 miles of HSR within a few years.
Your calculus is wrong but let’s just check back in 2025. At some point, we’ll realize the advantage that all that HSR gives China.