This week, Ray Delahanty of City Nerd laid out the case for a high-speed Maglev train line between Washington D.C. and Boston, which could shrink the end-to-end travel time to two hours. This densely populated urban corridor compares favorably with major high speed rail corridors around the world, generating plenty of demand for intercity transit. Plus, a high-speed line would pull tons of trips out of planes, decreasing climate pollution and airport congestion.
Delahanty selected Maglev, the magnetic levitation technology used in Japan’s Shinkansen trains, because it would be the fastest transit option due to its 200 miles per hour top speed and ability to accelerate and deaccelerate rapidly.
Sunday Video: North American High-Speed Rail Lines That Should Already Be Running
Ray Delahanty of CityNerd has an updated analysis of potentially high-performing corridors for high-speed rail in North America. Delahanty scores dozens of corridors, but in his rankings Cascadia doesn’t make the cut as a high priority. That said, Delahanty is certainly onboard with a breakaway Republic of Cascadia spending its money on a high-speed rail … Continue reading Sunday Video: North American High-Speed Rail Lines That Should Already Be Running
