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Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by usaar333 on Thursday October 03, 2019 @06:41PM (#21153020)
Cities are dense, unlike American ones
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Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by kurtisc on Thursday October 03, 2019 @06:43PM (#21153032)
I'm not aware of any city-local maglev trains. American cities are still spread out from one-another.
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Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by usaar333 on Thursday October 03, 2019 @06:46PM (#21153066)
I think you are misunderstanding my point. The issue in America is that you tend to need a car to navigate within a city (metro area). Far less true in China.
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Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by nrp on Thursday October 03, 2019 @07:22PM (#21153301)
Shanghai happens to have one of the few, but it’s not especially practical: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_maglev_train
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Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by WillPostForFood on Thursday October 03, 2019 @10:24PM (#21154293)
It is pretty practical when you go to the airport.
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Re:China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains by rangibaby on Thursday October 03, 2019 @08:49PM (#21153855)
There’s the Linimo in Nagoya, Japan
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