Part 2: What If The United States Had A National High Speed Rail Network?
🌐 Website: https://whatifgeography.com/📝 Substack: https://geographybygeoff.substack.com/📷 Socials: https://linktr.ee/geographybygeoff🎧 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WiGPod📖 Check out Hunter's atlas' here: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=hunter+shobeHigh speed rail is an incredibly efficient way of moving people around a country. The amount of energy it takes is far less than either personal vehicles or airplanes. Despite this, the United States has almost entirely shunned all forms of usable passenger rail transportation outside of a few key areas. But if China can build out a world class high speed rail network, then so can the United States.Join us for the exciting conclusion to our tw-part episode on high speed rail. In today's episode we cover what high speed rail is, where it is within the United States, and, of course, our what if speculation!