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Fried_out_Kombi Jul 9, 2023

[image] What I wish high-speed rail were like in North America

[image] What I wish high-speed rail were like in North America - Lemmy.world

I tried to make it fairly realistic. Obviously I would like HSR absolutely everywhere, but a line through middle of nowhere Montana probably would not see much ridership and would come at extreme cost (especially in the mountains).

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tentphone Jul 9, 2023

I think you would need an east-west line further north - perhaps continue west from Omaha or Denver - to make east coast to west coast travel practical.

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aion Jul 9, 2023

Maybe Seattle->Spokane, Spokane->Boise->SLC->Denver, Spokane->Minneapolis.

I think there also needs to be more in Canada, Vancouver->Calgary->Winnipeg->Toronto.

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Transit shouldn’t be profitable… But the cost to build an HSR rail (which costs more than traditional rail) vs ridership that a Vancouver to Toronto line would see to recoup some of that cost would make it a really tough sell to tax payers.