Jothi in High Speed Bullet Train

NRI Jothi is our new contributor; she loves to travel in built trains. This picture is also capture in subject train by her sister. She compare high speed trains vs old traditional train in these words that one of the problems with our Mass Transit System in the United States is its inability to interconnect with other regional and metro systems. A more cohesive plan is needed and Amtrak isn’t the answer. We need more rider-ship, lower costs and greater economies of scale, which must be based on reality, not pet project politics.
One way to save money is to spend more in the technological capital constructing of these projects and stack the deck with the highest of high tech. For instance the use of pilot-less trains is one innovation being looked at. High Speed Trains have a great advantage over short distances over standing in line boarding a plane and getting off a plane and finding a cab, shuttle or picking up a higher priced rent-a-car (supply and demand issues with decreased air travel).
For those not wishing to fly for fear of flying, they may wish to travel up to 1500 miles or more by bullet train. The length of California on the 5 Freeway is about 1000 miles (try that in a truck at 55 mph?), similar to the width of Texas.