"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
China wants to connect its high-speed rail to Europe. It would be largest infrastructure project in history Meanwhile, the US limps far behind on high speed rail (as well as on mass adoption of renewable energy, internet infrastructure and speed,…
It would make the Phoenix-Tucson trip in a mere 30 minutes. Although the project is still in its early stages of development and the estimated cost is a whopping 28 billion dollars, the idea that someday in the future we…
The Infrastructurist has highly useful and informative links about high speed rail in the US. Yes, HSR will be expensive. But when completed, it would revolutionize transportation. Imagine being able to go from, say, S.F. to L.A. in couple of…
Spain, a leader in wind power, is #1 in high speed rail too. Sadly, the US is nowhere to be seen. High speed rail can often substitute for air travel, maybe even with advantages too. For example, it will generally…
Talk about synergy. Land on the nearly abandoned Palmdale airport outside L.A. may be used to build solar thermal plants to power the planned statewide high speed rail. With high speed rail at the airport, a trip into the downtown…