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by conor- 685 days ago
I've seen a lot of suggestions that there should at least be a high speed rail corridor from Chicago to NYC and one from SF to LA because those are 2 of the most highly trafficked domestic flight paths.

The fact there isn't really high speed rail connections across large cities in the Midwest is kind of silly considering there isn't much terrain to contend with like there is on the coasts. Even the 1 new route Amtrak introduced from Chicago to Minneapolis has seen pretty high demand.
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marssaxman 685 days ago
High speed rail from SF to LA is more than a suggestion, it's an active megaproject which broke ground nine years ago:

https://hsr.ca.gov/

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AnimalMuppet 685 days ago
Yeah. I'm not sure that it will be rideable from SF to LA in my lifetime (even with generous values of "SF" and "LA").

So, yeah, they're working on it... at a glacial pace. And they haven't even gotten to the hard parts yet.

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