Pretty much, it's MUCH too expensive and not worth it to build trains everywhere given the size of America. You're better off with trains focused on industrial use unless urban only and airports everywhere else.
And both of those are still secondary to cars and even trucks.
California, despite bragging about being the 5th largest economy in the world, can't get a fucking high-speed rail built without going grossly overbudget.
Meanwhile, Taiwan, a Chinese rump state on an island with minimal resources, managed to get one built.
The one US state where public transportation might make sense is also a South America-tier corrupt shithole.
Honestly I'm not sure how viable high speed rail is that close to a fault line anyway. The tolerances on the track quality aren't that big so it could be that the whole line is constantly out of commission for inspection/repair after every minor quake.
It is reasonable to build high speed trains regionally. There's absolutely no reason there shouldn't be a bullet train between Los Angeles and San Diego or New York City and Boston, other than communists running the local governments and refusing to lock up the people who make public transportation unusable.
Pretty much, it's MUCH too expensive and not worth it to build trains everywhere given the size of America. You're better off with trains focused on industrial use unless urban only and airports everywhere else.
And both of those are still secondary to cars and even trucks.
California, despite bragging about being the 5th largest economy in the world, can't get a fucking high-speed rail built without going grossly overbudget.
Meanwhile, Taiwan, a Chinese rump state on an island with minimal resources, managed to get one built.
The one US state where public transportation might make sense is also a South America-tier corrupt shithole.
Going on California public transit as a white man is basically suicide.
Honestly I'm not sure how viable high speed rail is that close to a fault line anyway. The tolerances on the track quality aren't that big so it could be that the whole line is constantly out of commission for inspection/repair after every minor quake.
Thanks to Japanese excellence, the tech for earthquake-resistant buildings and infrastructure is within reach of a functional, developped society.
It is reasonable to build high speed trains regionally. There's absolutely no reason there shouldn't be a bullet train between Los Angeles and San Diego or New York City and Boston, other than communists running the local governments and refusing to lock up the people who make public transportation unusable.
The behavior of the demographics of those cities are reason enough.
Supposedly studies indicate the train fare would be more expensive than local airfare.