[ssiguy]

I appreciate that the US may not really value it's rail system but it does come down to value for the money. Is it better to spend $100 billion on a 1000 km of track that can go 500km/hr or use that same money to build 3000 km of 250km/hr track? Is that money on the maglev that may carry 20,000 passenger a day in just one corridor not better spent on urban transit that would serve many different corridors in many different cities and carry millions of passengers a day?

There is also a question of equity. These expensive to build maglevs would also come with the expensive fare prices hence subsidizing tourists and business people who don't need any government help as opposed to spending the same amount on urban transit that will help the people that need it most...……..the poor, working class, seniors, disabled, and all people who rely on transit for their lives and livelihoods.