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amandabeech

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5. If the economy improves, high speed rail in the upper Midwest, with Chicago

Reply to Gormy Cuss (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 31, 2014, 02:40 PM

Mar 2014

as the hub, might work. It has already been planned.

The spokes may be Milwaukee (obviously), Detroit, St. Louis and Indianapolis, for example. The Chicago-Milwaukee and Chicago-Detroit routes are served reasonably well by Amtrak already, and the population density along the routes is quite high.

A factor in getting people out of the air and the internal combustion vehicle are crappy roads and heavy truck traffic. There is plenty of both in the upper Midwest.

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China’s high-speed rail is so popular, it’s hurting the domestic airline industry [View all] n2doc Mar 2014 OP

Which is the part of the reason reason why rocktivity Mar 2014 #1

Density whatthehey Mar 2014 #2

The U.S. has the density to support high speed rail on several corridors. Gormy Cuss Mar 2014 #3

If the economy improves, high speed rail in the upper Midwest, with Chicago amandabeech Mar 2014 #5

And also Texas. DanTex Mar 2014 #6

Thanks, I knew that I'd miss some spots. Gormy Cuss Mar 2014 #7

meanwhile in CA a handful of people (not in the areas affected) will just screech until MisterP Mar 2014 #4