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1. Do We Have High Speed Railways

2. A friend of mine just recently visited Japan
and he was telling me about how the trains
are very fast unlike the ones here in the
United States.

3. He was also saying that the United States
might be investing in These new high speed
railways soon.

4. The United States And High Speed Railways

5. With several bullet train projects in
California, the Northeast, and Texas, the US
is testing the high speed railway market.

6. Legal victories in California are finally
allowing construction to begin on an LA to
San Francisco high speed railway.

7. A state ravaged by six of the top fifty most
congested cities in the Western Hemisphere
is one of the most reasonable locations to
start a trial of high speed railways in the US.

8. High Speed Railways In Texas

9. Texas, not far behind California, has five
cities in the top fifty most congested cities in
the Western Hemisphere, and not all too
surprisingly has plans for one of the longest
high-speed railway systems in the US.

10. As the second largest state by area and the
second most populous state, Texas has both
the space and population necessary to
support a high-speed railway system.

11. The railway is to be privately funded, and
has started holding public meetings to get
community feedback, while also compiling
information on the environmental impact for
federal review of the project.

12. The high-speed railway planned for Texas
stretches from Dallas down to Houston,
traveling through eleven different counties.

13. So far two routes have been proposed, and
several locations have been planned out for
both cities.

14. High Speed Railways Taking Over The North

15. Meanwhile, in the Northeast, Amtrak has a
$151 billion upgrade planned for its
introduction into the high speed railway
business.

16. The upgrade is for the Washington-Boston
section of their track, and would cut down
the commute to forty five minutes instead of
the current two hours and thirty minutes.

17. However, they are not the only company on
the block any more.

18. Northeast Maglev, a privately funded
company backed by the Japanese
government, has its sights on a New York-
Washington line that would cut the time
from almost three hours down to an hour.

19. Despite the performance benefits of Maglev
technology over other high speed railway
systems, Amtrak has an extensive pre-existing
system already established in the region, and
holds a fairly substantial lead in regards to public
opinion over the privately owned and foreign
backed Northeast Maglev.