re: #161 garhighway

Has anyone priced real HSR for the Northeast? I would think that the right-of-way costs alone would be staggering. (You can’t use the Amtrak/Conrail r-o-w for HSR: it’s too twisty. You have to straighten it, which means condemning and buying up a whole bunch of real estate in NJ, NY RI and Mass.)

I assume that real HSR there would be staggeringly expensive.

I’ve seen plans to ‘fly’ HSR over portions of the Interstates or existing roads.