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Then why are the Europeans expanding their high speed rail networks? I have heard 300 miles tops, but the northeast corridor is 450 miles from Boston to DC. I look at the map of the United States and I see 57+ million living in the northeast, another 42+ million living in the states in and around Illinois, 46+ million living in the states inand around Georgia, and 33+ million living in and around Texas in the USA alone. States not included in these geographical areas are West Virginia, Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Ohio, Mississippi and Minnesota.Total population of the included states is 178 million. Total population of the states not included is 30+ million. Notice that Ohio and Virginia would have high speed rail going thru these states to reach Illinois and Georgia. These two states add up to 18+ million, leaviing only 12 million left out in the cold. And more than likely Minnesota's 4.9 million is almost half of what's left, and it will probably get a high speed rail branch eventually from the Twin cities to Chicago. So 57 million is condensed enough over 450 miles, but 178+18+5 (201) million is not condensed enough for 4,000 miles of high speed rail? Think of it in terms of four 900 mile lines of the parralegram, which when divided by four equal 50 million, very close to the 450 mile northeast corridor.... There are plans to build high speed rail in California from the Bay area to the Los Angeles basin, some 380 miles. California's population is 33.8 million. So is a starter system of 5000 miles of high speed rail is or is not condensed enough for 235 million people. Notice that this fifth line does not average 50 million, it is only 34 million, but at least it is only 380 miles. That is if you follow I-5, if you follow H-99 the distance is 500 miles in California. So we have gone from 300 miles, to 450 miles, to 500 miles, and for some reason 900 miles is too far. Depends on the population of the route, you don't say? A train averaging 150 mph from Dallas to Chicago, some 900 miles or so, will take 6 hours to reach its destination. The airlines want you to arrive at least 2 hours before the flight, it takes 1 hour to find to drive and park at the airport, and it takes 2 hours or so to fly the distance, that is if the jet ain't delayed. Once you get to the destination's airport there is at least a half hour delay grabbing your luggage and another half hour delay before you can rent a car, plus the 1 hour to get to downtown Chicago. Add it up: Yep, 7 hours to fly from Dallas to Chicago, I could have taken a fast train and done it in 6 hours, with no need to park or rent a car! SO MUCH FOR DISTANCES! You will never explain to me how high speed rail works so well in countries in Europe whose populations are not even 60 million, and how it can't work here in America for 235 million!
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