The American mind is just incapable of comprehending trains

I thought they ate the onion but somehow this appears to be an actual serious study. I can't imagine how uncomfortable a bus going 140mph would be. At that point the engineering required to keep the road in appropriate shape is likely more expensive than just using rails...

Trying to turn I5 into the autobahn with a 140 mph bus lane would result in so much chaos and destruction that honestly I'm all for it.

There is 0 chance that the average American drivers liscense having brain could comprehend this concept.

Most people can't even keep an actually reasonable following distance, or understand the concept of a passing lane.

This is a literally comically stupid idea, its a B movie plot element from an 80s scifi movie.

Fuck it -> Do it for the lols.

The reason for busses is simple and seems to be ignored by literally everyone.

The private property between SF and LA keeps increasing in price so the costs for the project are in the billions before anything is even built. The signing of the land is in the billions. Now build a rail in Trump's economy and it becomes nearly impossible to succeed at anything rail.

Busses builds an audience that can be used to later justify rail to get buses off the road. Americans hate big trucks on the road but there they are anyway. It's a slow burn turn to morph the car brain into train brain.

Build a train you fucken cowards

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Wow, 140MPH! That's ... still 84MPH slower than the fastest trains in Europe, and 127MPH slower than the fastest train in Asia (Shanghai maglev).

These stupid fantasies are still a pale shadow of what the rest of the world has already managed to achieve. Just finish building the fucking train already!

recycling the classics

Obama Replaces Costly High-Speed Rail Plan With High-Speed Bus Plan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNixDlRoMvA

Everything but rail, huh?

psssst! .... trains....

I bet they will do a "special track" for them

You can always trust in the US-americans to do the right thing, after having exhausted every other possible option.

There is no amount of traffic that would make me consider getting in a robot-controlled 140 mph bus lmao.

There are already rails between LA and SF. Why not use them?

Y'all, they're building a high speed train, but it's mired in problems, and if the economy crashes, it will be decades before it's completed. This would be a medium-term solution that's easy to build, and easy to take down when it's no longer needed.

They should explore eminent domain and build real transit.

I've got one! A people movie treadmill! 300mph. You catch a local taxi, it accelerated to 80mph. Then you jump on to a plane which then takes you from 80 to 300. Then you jump on the treadmill. Don't know yet how to get you off. Bit its not disgusting.

You’re fucking kidding me. Schrodinger’s Onion

https://youtu.be/QNixDlRoMvA

So trams are not on their mind ?

Why is American society so braindead?

This bus proposal is basically a 'back to the drawing board' plan. How can you get people to travel between SF and LA faster than driving, and maybe cheaper than flying, especially if jet-fuel prices stay high.

It's going to follow the existing roadways. What the original high-speed rail project could have done, instead of jogging far inland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_of_California_High-Speed_Rail

Given diesel fuel costs, they'll probably end up with EV, perhaps with overhead cabling. And to avoid expensive 'self-driving' buses, maybe they'll put down 'guide lines.' To be able to go faster than cars, they'll have their own lane, or use center divider areas. And to avoid pollution and wear and tear, instead of rubber tires, they'll go with metal wheels. But to prevent damage to the roads, maybe they'll have to swap the guide lines with hard metal, protective lines...

Meanwhile, elsewhere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_China