Sascha Pallenberg 🇹🇼 ♻️ ⚡Aug 2, 2023

A 2023 map of every high speed railway in the US, complete with stations and service frequencies 😎

#USA #Railway #Mobility #dataisbeautiful

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Show threadMugsysRapSheet Blog ☑️Aug 2, 2023

@pallenberg
I posted this on #TheBirdSite in 2021:

PROPOSAL: 21st Century version of Lincoln's Trans Continental Railroad: Build maglev rail lines along/over interstate highways. We build the tracks. Airlines build the trains. Dramatically reduce major CO2 source: domestic air travel. #GND #ClimateChange

Show threadMagnus AhltorpAug 2, 2023
@MugsysRapSheet @pallenberg Good highways have lots of curves to prevent drivers from falling asleep. Good rail tracks have as few curves as possible to permit high speeds. It is normally also extremely expensive to retrofit compared to building new. Along might work better than above, but only if corners can be cut to reduce curves. Is land use rights the primary problem you want to solve?
Show threadMugsysRapSheet Blog ☑️Aug 3, 2023

@ahltorp @pallenberg
I've driven cross country by Interstate and encountered few curves (certainly no hard corners.)

Bullet trains in Japan & China are likewise built along/within/over/under existing highways. #MagLev

Show threadMagnus Ahltorp
@MugsysRapSheet @pallenberg I don’t know about the highways you have used, but well designed highways have slow curves to make you turn your steering wheel slightly. I don’t know about bullet trains in China, but in Japan they are not “along” highways, they are normally nowhere near. Sometimes they are near more local roads, because they go into city centers, but then they are more straight than those roads. The new Maglev being built is even more straight. High speeds need more straight tracks.
Aug 3, 2023 at 12:47amWeb
Show threadMugsysRapSheet Blog ☑️Aug 3, 2023
@ahltorp @pallenberg
I've never seen an interstate highway with a curve so sharp it requires traffic to slow considerably.
Show threadMagnus AhltorpAug 3, 2023
@MugsysRapSheet @pallenberg That’s because you don’t drive 300 km/h with people in the back sitting at a table drinking wine from regular glasses.
Show threadMugsysRapSheet Blog ☑️Aug 3, 2023

@ahltorp @pallenberg
Not that many sharp turns (and for the few that exist, we can easily compensate for.)

Definitely not an excuse not to pursue the idea. #MagLev