That's complete nonsense. HSR is comfortably competitive with plane up to ~750 miles and can probably be stretched to ~900mi. That gives you a lot of interesting regions in the US.
No, high-speed train is not useful for linking NYC and LA, but nobody ever suggested that.
That's complete nonsense. HSR is comfortably competitive with plane up to ~750 miles and can probably be stretched to ~900mi. That gives you a lot of interesting regions in the US.
No, high-speed train is not useful for linking NYC and LA, but nobody ever suggested that.