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).
2 lines in Buffalo with an international hop up to Toronto? Stop, you're going to spoil us into thinking we're relevant. They'd skip all of upstate NY if we're being honest.
Canada is actually making bank because their pacific nw to midwest rail system is better than US ports so a publicly owned mixed traffic route from WA or OR to the great lakes is needed to compete with canada for shipping traffic.
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Edit: I see now it only supports max 3 digits in for days. I guess I’ll come back in 478 days and renew
California is building HSR to cover the state. It's just taking forever.
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I’d love one from KC through SGF down to FL.
None of those go anywhere thear any place I need to be or current live. I would still need a car or plane to get to the damn train!
Where is that remindme bot from mastodon? I want to be reminded in 15 years, and see if any of these have come to fruition
Edit —— @remindme@mstdn.social 15 years
Only 15 years? you'll have to wait longer than that. There was talk about high-speed rail from KC to Omaha to Des Moines since the 1990s.
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As someone in New England whose extended family lives on the Idaho/Montana border, I’d remain blissfully boned for travel options.
Otherwise, love the design.
They always ignore the Rio Grande Valley in favor of Laredo.
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