Trains
California asking voters to get on board the $45B bullet train
Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
Promoters of Proposition 1A boast that the $45 billion project, featuring sleek trains reaching 220 mph, would be the nation's most ambitious public-works effort since completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869.
America’s fastest train moves ahead
Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
America's fastest train could compete with air travel. Flying from Anaheim, Calif., to Vegas on a passenger jet cruising at about 550 mph could cost upward of $150, while a ticket for the same route on a maglev would cost $55, according to the American Magline Group.
Why won't America build high speed rail?
Posted by Jeff from Al Jazeera
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America’s fastest train moves ahead
1:13 pm 7/20/08
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