Getting back to the original question....
Author: P.Kepler
Date: 08-27-2014 - 12:18
There are a number of reasons that HSR in the US has not happened. First, our rail system remains pretty much original. Second, unlike the systems in Europe and Japan, ours was not bombed into near oblivion 70 years ago. Third, war reparations payments and programs from us rebuilt their rail infrastructue. So in essence the US HAS built several High Speed Rail systems....... Just not on our soil.