Post by les on May 16, 2023 12:52:24 GMT
May 16, 2023
"This photo does not capture a collision. Yet the story behind this face-off has an important lesson as we develop HSR in the U.S. To cut to my conclusion, the U.S. currently is cobbling together deals for fast trains; but alternative systems that last will require federal authority and sufficient capital.
First, the history lesson. During one of my five multi-week European tours to study their trains and stations, I took this photo while alighting at Brussels South. I’m descending to the concourse and my Thalys train is nose-to-nose with DB a trainset. While stopped, the trains created a dramatic tension; capturing key problems in developing HSR between jurisdictions."
What Europe Got, The U.S. Needs To Get Faster
"This photo does not capture a collision. Yet the story behind this face-off has an important lesson as we develop HSR in the U.S. To cut to my conclusion, the U.S. currently is cobbling together deals for fast trains; but alternative systems that last will require federal authority and sufficient capital.
First, the history lesson. During one of my five multi-week European tours to study their trains and stations, I took this photo while alighting at Brussels South. I’m descending to the concourse and my Thalys train is nose-to-nose with DB a trainset. While stopped, the trains created a dramatic tension; capturing key problems in developing HSR between jurisdictions."
What Europe Got, The U.S. Needs To Get Faster