Bullet Trains in the US?
USA Today reports, “Rush is on for stimulus’s high-speed rail dollars.”
The article states:
California “envisions trains zipping along at average speeds topping 200 mph between San Francisco and Los Angeles. It’s the country’s most advanced plan and one with a potential $45 billion price tag, says Samer Madanat, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California-Berkeley.
Most Amtrak trains reach top speeds of 79 mph, Hagler says. The USA’s only current train service that could be considered high-speed rail, Amtrak’s Acela Express, runs from Boston to Washington at top speeds of 150 mph. Hagler says the Acela hits its top speeds only on small stretches.”
See article: http://bit.ly/DavidTravel-USA-Trains-11-30-09
