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Why the US still doesn’t have true high-speed rail

The United States likes to imagine itself as a nation of cutting-edge infrastructure, yet it still lacks the kind of true ...
Yahoo

American living abroad debunks biggest myths about high-speed trains: 'It's possible'

An American TikToker living in China posted a video sharing his thoughts on the value of high-speed rail access, questioning why the United States does not prioritize the method of transportation.
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How Europe and Asia built bullet trains while America fell behind

European and Asian governments treated fast trains as national infrastructure, not a side project. Countries such as Japan, ...
Forbes

The Future Of U.S. High-Speed Travel: Focus On Comfort And Reliability

For decades, the United States has imagined high-speed rail while nations like Japan, France and Spain simply built it, turning their bullet trains into symbols of efficiency and comfort. Beyond ...
Arizona Daily Star

High-speed rail can transform America, just as interstate highways did | Andy Kunz

High-speed rail can have a similar effect in the 21st century, reindustrializing and reconnecting America and solidifying its global leadership. President Dwight Eisenhower launched the National ...
USA Today

California drops suit over $4B federal cuts to high-speed rail project

WASHINGTON, DC - California has dropped a lawsuit challenging the decision by the administration of President Donald Trump to cancel more than $4 billion in federal grants for the state's high-speed ...
LAist

High-speed train from California to Las Vegas tries to slow rising costs

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — Brightline West aims to connect Las Vegas and Southern California with high-speed rail. But the planned terminal is not in Los Angeles, where you might expect, but 40 miles ...
Gizmodo

California’s High-Speed Rail Fiasco Keeps Getting Worse

Seventeen years ago, Californians bet on a grand vision of the future. They narrowly approved a $10 billion bond issue to build a high-speed rail line that would zip between San Francisco and Los ...
Yahoo

Video of high-speed train flying through station stuns social media users: 'Took … a while to get over the motion sickness'

We all enjoy the occasional need for speed we see in the movies, but this is on another level. In a video made by a TikToker named Brian (@briandoestrains), this is demonstrated by capturing the ...
SlashGear

This Country Has The Most High-Speed Rail Mileage In The World

Whether it's environmental activists or public transportation enthusiasts, there's quite the vocal crowd urging the United States to build more high-speed rail transportation. Currently, the U.S. only ...
Newsweek

California High-Speed Rail Hits New Milestone on $3.5 Billion Contract

The California High-Speed Rail Authority has opened a $3.5 billion bidding process for companies to build track and rail systems for its high-speed rail project. The agency in a press release ...