Superfast Bullet Trains are Coming to the US Bailin Gao Matt Gioia Joe Greenbaum
Jan 15, 2015
Superfast Bullet Trains are Coming to the US
Bailin GaoMatt Gioia
Joe Greenbaum
America falls behind in high-speed transit
Amtrak’s Acela service the only transit system identified as high-speed. Compared to TGV and Maglev airport train
Bringing high-speed transit to US has been one of Obama’s priorities
Important to note that exact requirements for transit system to be “high speed” dependant on current tech.
1st high-speed railway, the Liverpool & Manchester railway
Shanghai Maglev in China – world’s fastest passenger train
TGV in France – world’s fastest high-speed transit system
US hopes to have high-speed lines operational within next decade
Purple line
Spain’s rail network
Tiwan’s rail network
China’s rail network
Talk about the 5 proposed areas
• Talk about CA hurdles
• 2hr 40min time limit
• Hurdles for Merced
• >3 hr, people go for planes
Impossible speed of 220mph
• Briefly mention France and Spain’s systems
• Midwest System
old freight line
• Texas T-Bone
Texas’ elevated trains
• NE Line
No coordination
• FL Line
Federal Money
Although the technology has already been developed to create bullet trains…
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