Economic benefits of High Speed Trains in U.S. Cities

A joint study between the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Siemens on the economic benefits of high-speed trains here in America. See what the Mayors of some major U.S. cities have to say about high-speed trains.

http://www.usmayors.org/highspeedrail/

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Science & Technology

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• High speed rail
• high speed trains
• us transportation
• siemens mobility
• US infrastructure
• Siemens
• US Conference of Mayors

[Greg10164]

Skip High Speed Rail! Go straight to Maglev technology, it's better, faster, by the time you have built your slow speed rail, maglev will have people traveling from Europe to China in an hour. Forget your high speed rail, maglev is the future.

[CommunityBuildersSB]

High-speed rail is such a no-brainer. And, we'd have it in the United States by now if so many of our federal and state politicians weren't in the pockets of the oil industry.

[fredfredburger1213]

No offense to anyone but I don't want high speed rail in America. i am a huge fan of amtrak and rail travel but moving at 200+ mph takes away one of the major luxuries of rail travel which is to slow down and see the scenery. Of course i would would like small corridors like california or florida and I have traveled on the Northeast Corridor multiple times, but real train travel is relaxing in the lounge car, eating real food in a classic dining car, and getting rocked to sleep by the rails

[DDunker51]

Maglev might have advantages, but it's NOT here today. Standard railroads ARE here. Let's improve and expand what we have TODAY, and we can build maglev (or Star Trek Teletransporters, or whatever) TOMORROW. We live in TODAY. Let's take care of TODAY! That means, TRAINS, Baby!

[MrEiriku]

@metalkev00 your mom is a rip off

[milofonbil]

@oliverchen0 Maglev is unfortunatly not that energy efficient and has really not left the research labs. When oil runs out soon, we will be dependent on renewable energy.

Iron wheels on iron rails is very low friction already. What we really need to do is to separate slower freight traffic from passenger traffic. Build dedicated passenger rails using cement ties and continuous rail. Eliminate grade crossings and improve in cab signaling so that the trains can travel faster.

[oliverchen0]

US should build a national Maglev transportation system.

[truekiwijoker]

@Makemyday242 *cough* bullshit...

[truekiwijoker]

Even the North-Eastern Acela service with its not-so-fast 250 kph (150 mph) has made an impact so imagine what 300 kph+ (180mph+) could mean? sure the actual transit time can't beat aircraft, but the trains deliver you to the CBD (if not, close) instead of driving out to some airport in the middle of nowhere where you wait for typically an hour.

Any way you look at it; High speed rail > short haul fights.