![[image] What I wish high-speed rail were like in North America](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2a660a9c-0c5f-4947-b7fd-cbd578403df9.png){kind=link}
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).
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).
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.