re: Can high speed rail work in the United States?

Highways and airports "work" in the US...in that it is theoretically possible to get from point A to point B utilizing either. Most likely it is going to be, at best, an irritating experience, but they theoretically work.


Trains may be another can of worms. You can't have unexpected delays the likes of which take place daily at US airports and on US highways with a train....because they only have one track in most places. Its truly amazing freight trains manage in this country, passenger trains are probably relics of a bygone area. Add to the fact that people in the US ain't willing to walk across a parking lot much less several blocks from a train station to the center of town and trains just aren't realistic in the US>