>>I like the idea, but for the U.S. I don't see it ever being wide-spread. With a top speed of 40mph, I imagine the norm is around 35 then and you can't even get on the freeway here unless you can drive AT LEAST 45mph. City driving though it makes a lot of sense (unless you need to use one of the freeways to get around the city). Sheesh, at that speed, it would take me almost 4 hours to get to work. (it takes me 2.5 hours now - of course I don't drive it everyday).
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>>I still think America should invest in its railways and get mass transit trains or subways in every metro area that are sufficient for realistic commuting.
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>Set Rant On Again
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>The neighboring Norfolk has the light rail project started. Virginia Beach refused to join, although there's the old railroad track which is still there in places - and there's still nothing built on it, i.e. the land is still not privatized, the stone foundation is still there... they could just fix it a bit and lay the tracks, and it goes pretty much all the way to the beach. But the elected expletives omitted have decided that the noise would be unbearable... in a city where about one third of the cars bear stickers "I {heart} jet noise" and jets fly just 100m above the hotels on the beach.
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>(no I haven't forgotten to set rant off - it stays on)

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