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The New York Times reports that the HSR stimulus cash was spread around in a very politically sensible way:
According to an E&E analysis, the passenger rail lines that received stimulus cash go through more than 40 percent of all congressional districts, including those represented by a number of powerful lawmakers that will play a key [...]
Although most HSR critics and deniers seems to believe that the US is still living in the 1960s where we’re the richest, most innovative country in the world and therefore doesn’t need to feel competitive with anyone else, here in 2010 the reality is that the US could learn from the experiences of other countries, [...]
Feel free to use this as an open thread for anything HSR related. Some recent HSR news items:
With a British general election looming and the Conservative Party riding high in the polls, it’s good to hear that the Tories will support the London-Scotland HSR project if and when they get elected.
Amtrak will launch wifi on [...]
That’s the claim from two economic analysts that was written up in today’s New York Times:
The line is part of China’s 2 trillion renminbi, or $292.9 billion, investment in a nationwide high-speed passenger-rail network that may be too much train, too fast.
The time savings that the new system delivers may not justify the cost, creating [...]
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