President Barack Obama on Thursday outlined plans for a high-speed rail network he said would change the way Americans travel, drawing comparisons to the 1950s creation of the interstate highway system.

Obama characterized his plan as a down payment on a rail system that will take decades and hundreds of billions of dollars to build, connecting Chicago and St. Louis, Orlando and Miami, Portland and Seattle and dozens of other metropolitan areas around the country.

via The Associated Press: Obama outlines vision for high-speed rail network.

While this is a good idea, it will be very tough to implement.  What makes the rail system work in europe is that everything is relatively close.  The United States is much larger, and unfortunetly when you work a hub system, it increases the number of layovers from point A to B.  In europe the ICE trains run very well connecting a lot of major cities, I dont think this is as feesable in the United States due to the size and distance between points.

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