re: #395 realwest

Well let’s not forget that Japan and Europe did what they did with HSR while the USA footed the bill for their military defense. And they never really developed the “car culture” there that we have here. And hell, you can get from city to city in Japan (and country to country in Europe) by walking. We have hundreds of millions of people here in “flyover” country that NEED vehicles to do the farming, harvesting and getting crops and livestock to the railheads. And last, but most assuredly not least, they STILL USE TRUCKS and other FOSSIL FUELED vehicles to get people and goods to the supermarkets and hospitals and other places.

Also take into account geography, and density. The US needed different solutions for a different transportation problem.