Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Why can't America have high-speed trains?
It took Japan a half a century to build 3,000
km high-speed railway network. It took China only eight years to establish
20,000 km high speed railroads to link most of the major cities and regions
across the vast land.
The only near-high-speed train system in
the U.S. is Acela Express that connects Boston, New York and Washington D.C, or
the Northeast Corridor. This fast train service has been in operation since
2000 with an average operating speed of 135 km per hour for the 700 km
distance.
Don’t Americans like train rides, or do
they just prefer flying? Has the airline or airplane industry been blocking
railroad projects? Is there any economical or environmental barrier to build
train railroads?
Enjoy reading and learning why America isn’t
investing or enjoying high speed railway network.
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