We could build a 300 mph Boston-NYC-DC high-speed rail link with proven equipment and even a Japanese subsidyhttp://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/13/japan-solution-amtrak-train-crash-infrastructure/ …
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Not sure about the affordability of shinkansen tech, but Hong Kong-style value capture would help. http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/09/the-unique-genius-of-hong-kongs-public-transportation-system/279528/ …
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U.S. subway projects tend to be handouts to real estate owners.
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it’s an interesting political/regulatory problem. You need funding, broad use of eminent domain, and big reforms to lower costs
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