Even if the vehicle itself is possible nothing is taking the existing highway curves at that speed. Either they need to have a huge radius or be banked. It's just ridiculous. It's like reading the hyperloop propaganda all over again.

MoonMelon@lemmy.ml · 19 pts · 89d (2 replies)

It's pathetic, especially so because the busses will not happen either.

derry@midwest.social · 11 pts · 88d (1 reply)

Someone is going to get paid though

babysmokesalot@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 88d

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davel@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 88d (1 reply)

Shithole country

babysmokesalot@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 88d

I pray for nukes everyday baby. Clean slate. The world would be better. Yankkkeeland is a land of idolwhorshipers. We are still praying to the sun and making chatgipity porn on our "smart phones"

Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 88d (3 replies)

So reading the article it sounds like this is just a catchy headline. They're not seriously looking into building them:

“Despite significant engineering hurdles, it is conceptually feasible to operate buses safely at high speeds under controlled conditions,” the review reads. “However, real-world implementation requires incremental approaches, substantial investments in infrastructure, technology, and rigorous validation through field tests.”

“It might offer as a complementary option alongside existing solutions like rail, not to replace them,” Mehdi Moeinaddini, a senior transportation planner at Caltrans, told KCRA about the high-speed buses."

Mirshe@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 88d (1 reply)

Or it's something a tech bro pitched to try and kill the rail line AGAIN.

Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 88d

Probably that too

captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 88d

Could be intended as a stopgap until the rail is complete. But yeah that first quote reads to me as a "we know this is a dumbfuck idea, but someone is insisting on us checking and isn't taking the hint when we try telling them."

dessalines@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 88d

I am not getting in a death trap "dragster"-bus lol.

ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 88d

I recommend looking at this map that includes all planned rails in gray.

Look at the one connecting Dalian and Yantai across the Bohai Strait (the one that forms a bay in the Northeast, near the Koreas). That's 120km of underwater tunnel, already in construction, planned to open in 2030

Edit: High res picture

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 88d (1 reply)

High speed high speed high speed

How about just busses and trains? Just the normal ones, nothing crazy. Just lots and lots of boring busses and trains

That would actually work and improve the situation

captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 88d

We need both. High speed is vital for intercity travel, especially cities that people often drive to. Seattle to Portland to San Francisco to Los Angeles for example would cut down on a lot of drives and quite a few flights.

But we also need regular public transit, and the Seattle area is a great example of a part of the country moving in the right direction on that. Though they're focused on connecting suburbs and cometropolitan cities when they also need a subway. But you only have so much money…

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HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 89d

So now that the US has a dictator too it should be built bigly faster than before right? Riiiight?

davel@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 88d

whats dick tater precious

18 years after Californians voted for High Speed Rail, with the SF-to-not-quite-LA segment still >12 years off, state is now exploring *High Speed Buses* to connect SF and LA in 3h at 140mph (225km/h)

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18 years after Californians voted for High Speed Rail, with the SF-to-not-quite-LA segment still >12 years off, state is now exploring High Speed Buses to connect SF and LA in 3h at 140mph (225km/h)