Amtrak’s busiest route is the Northeast Corridor, linking Washington, New York City and Boston. Last I heard, Amtrak is now carrying about 60% of the traffic between Washington and New York. And why not? Amtrak’s Acela trains can take you from within a couple of hundred yards of the Capitol building in Washington to the…
America’s airports, especially the major hubs, have a serious congestion problem. There are simply too many airplanes landing and taking off. Delays are the result, sometimes very long delays, with hundreds of thousands of airline passengers inconvenienced. There is also, of course, a potential safety issue with so many airplanes flying around in those crowded…
Most people would probably guess the bullet train in Japan or the TGV in France. Nope, the fastest train in the world is in China. It runs from Shanghai’s International Airport into Pudong where passengers can transfer to a subway that will take them into the center of Shanghai. The Chinese train runs at a…