The Keys to Great High-Speed Rail

The Five Essential Principles for Building Successful High-Speed Rail Systems

Not to sound like Old Rose from Titanic, but it’s been 52 years since we first saw train technology capable of reaching speeds of 178 mph, courtesy of Japan’s Shinkansen. Fast forward to today, and the Acela—our country’s only so-called “fast” train—doesn’t even qualify as high-speed rail by international standards. Meanwhile, in one of the U.S.’s faste…