Would this be a sufficient and good High Speed Rail system for the US ja Canada?
What do you think?
>>895121
>transcon HSR
You're one dumb motherfucker.
I think the best way to approach HSR in the US is to create mainlines where trains travel at 220mph and the have various branches of dieselized service connecting to the Main lines. An eastern mainline like Boston to NOLA, Midwest mainline from NYC to Chicago (perhaps MN?) And a western mainline Seattle to LA and having spur lines which take you from the less major cities to the Main line cities. Like Charleston to Atlanta or such.
>>895121
Transcontinental HSR is a profoundly fucking stupid idea.
>>895121
This would be pointless. Transcontinental HSR will never work in the US. Best way to do HSR here is to start between two relatively close major cities, and work outward until the biggest ones are connected.
I would argue that an NYC to Chicago line would be a good place to start as it is right off the NEC.
>>895222
Existing NEC, California, Texas Triangle, Chicago Hub, and Florida. You could toss in the PNW if you included Vancouver.
Rate
>>895230
to add: between Reno and Salt Lake City (which aren't even big to begin with) there is literally no bigger than 5,000 to 10,000 people. Between Las Vegas and Salt Lake the same conditions apply. I think the same applies to Salt Lake to Denver and Las Vegas to Albuquerque.
>>895232
>no bigger city than 5,000 to 10,000 people*
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>>895237
>chicago and milwaukee are still connected
>>895228
>Implying that anyone would ever use high-speed rail across mid-Michigan
Allright here's my new design for the HSR.
>BOS-WASH line
>PHI-Midwest line
>Canada line
>Florida line
>Cali line
>North east line
>Texas line
>Southern line
Dis any good?
>>895364
That actually looks pretty good and somewhat realistic although I would eliminate the segment though Michigan. Detroit simply does not have enough demand to justify anything better than the current sub-HSR Wolverine service.
>>895364
There is fucking nothing between Portland and Sacramento. Plus they are too far apart, and as such there is no reason to send HSR between them.
>>895368
The Detroit metro has more demand than Ckeveland, Cincinnati, Louisville, or Indianapolis.
>>895390
Detroit's CBD isn't bad at all in terms of crime. It's just a little dead sometimes though.
>>895430
That's what I meant. Since the decline of industry the CBD hasn't exactly been the anchor for growth in the area despite multiple attempts to spark growth. Most of the growth is still going to the low density suburbs.
Without a CBD that is desirable HSR doesn't make much sense (the whole "downtown to downtown" argument falls apart if the suburbs are the only parts of a city anyone would want to visit).
>Meme Speed Rail
