High-speed rail

Japan first introduced high speed rail in the early 1960’s, modernizing the world’s understanding of travel. Other countries such as Belgium, China, France, and Spain all have hopped aboard with the idea of bullet trains being a safer and more efficient way to travel. The construction of bullet trains in the United States has been mentioned in the past, with President Barack Obama giving a speech back in 2009 supporting the development of bullet trains in America (Whitehouse). Texas Central, a private based company headquartered in Dallas has started developing a project to construct Texas’s first bullet train, that would connect the cities of Dallas and Houston reducing the three-hour drive to just 90 minutes. The company predicts the Texas…

The California High Speed Railroad should not be built because of the rising money. The money needed for the project is continuously rising. The amount of money approved by the citizens was $9.95 billion. However, it rose to $13.5 billion. Then, it increased to $48.6 billion. The money kept rising from millions and billions! The “final” cost to build a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and Los Angeles by 2028 is predicted to be to a grand total of about $67.6 billion. It is claimed that…

Will a High Speed Railway System Be Good for California’s Economy? Imagine living in San Francisco yet working in Los Angeles. It is hard to imagine due to the limited transportation options like airfare or driving. Picture a family from Germany flying in to LAX, and they would want to see the Golden Gate Bridge in Northern California. Now consider the fact that it is possible doing that approximately in just two hours and thirty minutes. California has a great opportunity to develop this…

The California High Speed Railroad is a railroad managed by the HRSA (The California High Speed Railroad Authority.) Its purpose is to connect the mega regions of California. Sounds like a good plan? Well, there are some negative reasons why this railroad should not be built. The railroad should not be built for the following reasons: There is Still No Legitimate Funding Plan; the Costs Look Like nothing what the Voters Approved, and Shrinking Ridership Numbers. The California High Speed…

was the most reliable option. II. The transcontinental Railroad was constructed in the mid-19th century in order to connect western and eastern sides of America. Even today the railroad has a huge impact on our society as it connects Metropolitan cities with many suburban areas. One of the example would be Chicago and suburban towns like Skokie and Evanston. III. I did extensive research on the topic of railroad. This means that I am very credible about this topic. IV. Every one of us uses a…

derailments, whereas a steady decrease has also been realized in the number of accidents involving trains. The decline in the number of derailments and train accidents is solely as a result of the research and technology employed towards the prevention of accidents. Nevertheless, isolated cases of accidents are still noted; one major example can be traced back in the year 2000, when a wheel-climb derailment occurred on the Hibiya subway track in Tokyo (National n.p). This particular accident…

total has twenty-three associated countries. Rail transportation in the United States has been a staple point of industry which has made America into the world’s leading union; however, rail has been forgotten about for many decades. As previously mentioned, America had 408,773 km of Class I rail in 1916. One-hundred years later in 2016 the American railroad network consist of 225,000 km of Class I railroad (Federal Rail Administration, n.d.). Amtrak is Americas only passenger train and owns…

The maximum speed for vehicles travelling on Australian highways is currently 110km/h. It is argued that this speed is too slow for a highway and may cause more road accidents and increase the road toll due to the drivers being restricted by the speed limit. When the speed limit is slow, drivers are left dangerously stuck behind and in-between trucks. The drivers are also too frustrated about not going above the low speed limit which can act as a distraction. (Tucker, 2015) Therefore, the…

The supersonic train, dubbed Hyperloop One, is Elon Musk’s own input on how to solve one of the many inconveniences of everyday life: traffic and congestion. This train would travel in a separate tubes at record breaking speeds in hope to make driving to around more bearable. However, with new technology comes new questions, and stakeholders are wondering, for the most part, is it too good to be true? And other questions of safety and if this new technology will actually make a difference and…

they will experience the feeling of weightlessness, free fall, huge amounts of kinetic energy, and air resistance. The drop gives you an instantaneous speed of 56 miles per hour. This is also where you reach your terminal velocity. As you are falling, you will feel as if you are only being held down by gravity, which in fact, you are.…