{"id":2560,"date":"2010-12-07T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/real-high-speed-rail-in-china.html"},"modified":"2010-12-07T08:21:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T13:21:00","slug":"real-high-speed-rail-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/real-high-speed-rail-in-china.html","title":{"rendered":"Real High Speed Rail: in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fra.dot.gov\/rpd\/passenger\/2243.shtml\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   width=\"287\" height=\"189\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fra.dot.gov\/rpd\/passenger\/Overlay_Map_National_Version_V2_1028.jpg\"><\/a>\nHere in the U.S., we&#8217;re still thinking about maybe doing some high\nspeed rail lines.\nNone in Georgia.\nAnd even the slow-speed passenger proposed rail network bypasses Valdosta\nand Lowndes County.\n<p>\nMeanwhile, in China:\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.johomaps.com\/as\/china\/china_hsr.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5042\/5229512433_970ab2d843.jpg\"><\/a>\n<br>\n<small>(Click on the detail map for the full map from johomaps 2010.)<\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n<p>\nThose thick blue lines are not planned high speed rail lines:\nthose are operational high speed rail lines.\nYou can ride on them today, faster than 300 miles per hour.\n<p>\nThe thin red lines are only 200-250 miles per hour.\nSo you can go almost all the way from Hong Kong to Shanghai\nat 200 miles per hour or faster.\n<p>\nOr from Beijing to Tianjin it takes about two hours to drive\nthose 80 miles, or 30 minutes by train.\nIt would be faster, but there are two stops.\n<p>\nOr the 1000 kilometers (620 miles) from Wuhan to Guangzhou take\nabout 13 hours to drive, or 3 hours on the train.\n<p>\nFor those who say the U.S. can&#8217;t do rail, here&#8217;s a map of the U.S.\npassenger rail network in 1918:\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Railroads_of_the_United_States_in_1918_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16960.png\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"  width=\"400\" height=\"257\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/65\/Railroads_of_the_United_States_in_1918_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16960.png\/800px-Railroads_of_the_United_States_in_1918_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16960.png\"><\/a>\n<p>\nMore rail roads kept being added for some time after that,\nuntil oil and automobile company collusion\ndid in passenger rail.\n<p>\nIf we stopped subsidizing fossil fuels and spent the money\ninstead on renewable energy and railroads, we&#8217;d be able to\ncatch up with the Chinese.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here in the U.S., we&#8217;re still thinking about maybe doing some high speed rail lines. 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