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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

SoCalMusicLover

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4. American Progress

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 06:11 PM

Jul 2012

The Japanese will have a train from Tokyo to Los Angeles by 2040.

Keep in mind, the 2040 goal is only good if funding does not get cut between now and then.

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Amtrak plans 37-minute train from New York to Philadelphia by 2040 [View all] Eugene Jul 2012 OP

Thirty Years? agent46 Jul 2012 #1

Japan achieved 120mph in 1964 Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #2

Britain and Germany did 120mph in the 1930s.. With steam power. mwooldri Jul 2012 #5

It MIGHT be news if the date was 2020... swayne Jul 2012 #3

American Progress SoCalMusicLover Jul 2012 #4

They do have some pretty long bridges and underwater tunnels, but Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #6

Is it going to be by submarine? blkmusclmachine Jul 2012 #7

2040 ? Will the Earth even be habitable then? harun Jul 2012 #8