high speed rail

TransPod Moves Forward With Ultra-High-Speed Tube Transportation in Canada No government money involved (so far). Lots of pretty pictures and marketing here: https://www.transpod.com/ California eat your heart out!

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/01/california-high-speed-rail-waste-time-and-money Finally someone recognizes what a mistake this is going to be. Too little, too late maybe but Democrats have never been what I would call... timely... when it comes to budgets and paying for stuff.

I have two visions: Version where everyone works together) Air travel is very expensive due to rising fuel prices and is mostly reserved for trans-oceanic trips. City to city travel is otherwise done by fast electric trains. Within cities commutes are done on electric cars or on vastly...