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56 High Speed Rail Links We Should've Built Already

CityNerd lays out a data-driven method for deciding where high-speed rail should be built in North America and identifies 56 city pairs that justify it, based on population and distance.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a methodical argument that many US city pairs make economic sense for high-speed rail.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
Topic
high-speed rail
Format
commentary
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2024–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • The CityNerd youtube channel recently did a list of city pairs ideally suited for high speed rail based on Spain's own network. spoiler alert: the northeast corridor plays a pretty heavy part, but it's not the only place in the US high speed rail makes …

    theluketaylor on Hacker News · 2024-02
    In Spain's plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a train in under 2.5 hrs

  • CityNerd identifies 56 train segments that should be built, using data and reasonable, precedented criteria: [VIDEO] His video description: "Nothing that exists in North America fits the definition of true high-speed rail. If we actually ever started building a network, where would we start? And …

    browningstreet on Hacker News · 2024-04
    In San Francisco-to-L.A. overnight train inches closer to reality

  • Mixed answer. One driving factor in the creation of the interstate system was military - we wanted the ability to easily move troops/supplies across the US without airlift or rail. Not sure that's still a valid need (as in, I don't know - would need …

    alistairSH on Hacker News · 2024-05
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