It's a nice map, but it elides over the difficult parts of high-speed rail in the US. Running track through rural areas is easy, modulo getting across the Rockies and the Sierras. The hard part is routing through urban areas. Look at the Los Angeles and New York "stations". They cover the entire metro areas. Same with San Francisco. No one wants to be forced to sell their house to the government for high-speed rail, but without new dedicated track carved deep into the hearts of our urban areas, it will never compete with air travel.
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It's a nice map, but it elides over the difficult parts of high-speed rail in the US. Running track through rural areas is easy, modulo getting across the Rockies and the Sierras. The hard part is routing through urban areas. Look at the Los Angeles and New York "stations". They cover the entire metro areas. Same with San Francisco. No one wants to be forced to sell their house to the government for high-speed rail, but without new dedicated track carved deep into the hearts of our urban areas, it will never compete with air travel.