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This $8B was for one reason... and one reason only... to get people thinking and planning. When you wave a carrot everyone races. But there are only 3 medals to win. When the losers are announced, the prez then has the people to back him. Here, I'll write the statement ( To be read in Obama...

The Chinese are very good at examining craftsmanship and know what a good product is and a bad one. Why? They generally have a good idea of how they are manufactured. They have an eye for quality. Some of the "cheap cheap cheap" stuff that we get here wouldn't pass for snuff in China. It's...

Uhmmm... two words.. Mag. Lev.

The only way they'd have the fastest, is if they went with the ultraspeed project and ran mag-lev through the country. Otherwise, China trumps their efforts.

The term railway is not in dispute. A railway is a guideway. A roman road or aquaduct could be considered a guideway. Elevated rail sits in a concrete guideway. Rails are merely the implementation. In fact, in Japan, ALL high speed rail runs inside a guideway. I think you'd have a hard time...

So strange. You'd think they'd just extend the length of the train overall. It doesn't matter if the nose of the train sticks off the platform, after all.

Again, I was not intending to sound pedantic. Mag-lev, especially the Japanese mag-lev does in fact run on rails. Concrete rails. I said that I liked the way wikipedia described it not that it was a credible source. The other link that talked about the etymology of train was far more...

Just a point regarding design. The closer we get to natural designs the better. Human creations don't even come close to biological ones. If you look at the field of bio-mimicry... you'll find that scientists are finding reasons why things were made the way they were. Most designs are stuck...

In case anyone would like to see the final rendering: Reminds me of an E-Type:

"Ugly" is subjective. Some who hated this car ended up liking it: Here's the basic model: The long nose is primarily because of extensive tunnels, to reduce noise. It's not just about speed, Japan has some of the strictest noise pollution rules in the world. They also tend to have a 25%...

Not a fan of the colors they chose and I prefer the Shark-nosed one... which looked like a figher plane cockpit... but I like it. Does look like a Dolphin. I wanna see one in real life. If it's an improvement over existing Shinkansen services, I can't wait... they're already super quiet...

not sure if that's definitive. After all, both "nose" sections are long and reduce tunnel boom. Though, it would "seem" that the "dolphin" nose is being highlighted.

Aeroplanes are a great solution... only problem is the airports are hard to weave into urban fabric. Less efficient, too.

Well, they would likely use European or Japanese Technology, which are all high-level.

Japan is building allies. China is becoming a juggernaut. First Vietnam (Vietnam and China has bad blood between them)... now India. Back on Topic... France has recently decided to go the Japanese route with their new AGVs. As you may know, the main difference between Shinkansen and...

What the article fails to mention is... How about between Birmingham and Brussels? Leeds and Lille? Manchester and Marseille? (okay, that would still be a LONG train ride on HSR) Those trips aren't feasible right now without multiple connections and the slow-speed rail penalty. And what's...

And this is transportation to LONDON... which is 5000% better than the rest of the UK. TRUE, this is the case for London. Business Trips to London from Edinburgh which go by plane should be by HSR... not plane. The distance is similar to Osaka-Tokyo

What? Japan does NOT have a higher obesity rate than the UK! Where do you get those stats?

Yes and no. You're talking about competing with cars. Ultimately, rail can do FAR better when its pitted against air for medium haul, not driving. They share more in common. In both cases, you need to get a central area. In both cases, you need to arrange for transportation at your arrival...