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High speed rail vs. air vs. car - Texas edition

Dallas to Houston on the Texas Central Railway - High Speed Rail in the USA has so far been limited to the Acela corridor in ...
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Speed bumps vs cars: Trains cross broken tracks

Speed Bumps vs Cars and Trains Crossing Broken Tracks! Watch as vehicles attempt to navigate treacherous speed bumps while trains face the danger of crossing damaged tracks. Who will make it across ...

The Future Of U.S. High-Speed Travel: Focus On Comfort And Reliability

The true barrier to high-speed rail in the United States is not technology or funding, but coordinated execution and ...
Opinion

In the US, high cost and low use make the future of high-speed rail bumpy | The Conversation

Stephen Mattingly, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, explains in this interview why high-speed rail projects in much of the country so often go off track.
The Baltimore Sun

Bullet-train giant Hitachi Rail launches $100M factory in Western Maryland to power U.S. transit boom

Hitachi’s new $100 million railcar factory in Western Maryland is using AI-powered robotic dogs, 3D vision inspections and other digital tools to make what it calls trains of the future. Hitachi Rail, ...
CNN

High-speed rail has come to America. Or has it?

America’s fastest train has arrived. ‘NextGen Acela’ made its public debut on August 27, delivering modern design, more seats and an enhanced passenger experience. Hailed as a leap forward for ...