{"id":209,"date":"2009-04-07T10:42:29","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T17:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knuetter.com\/christian\/?p=209"},"modified":"2009-04-07T10:42:29","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T17:42:29","slug":"high-speed-trains-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knuetter.com\/christian\/2009\/04\/07\/high-speed-trains-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"High-speed trains in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"highspeed\"<\/p>\n

I am a huge fan of traveling by train.<\/p>\n

Growing up outside of New York, we had an extensive rail network that we could take advantage of.<\/p>\n

After college I took my first large (more than 1-month) trip abroad -the fairly typical Eurpoe by Eurorail.\u00a0 I loved how the trains there could get you into just about anywhere you wanted to go.<\/p>\n

Years later, traveling to Japan I was amazed by the Shinkansen<\/a> service and its ability to swiftly carry us across the country.<\/p>\n

All that said, for years I commuted to work via train here in California and the experience was pretty poor.\u00a0 The train took much longer than driving and I needed to drive to the train station (or double my commute time by taking the bus to the train station) and I had to have\u00a0 a shuttle take me from the station to the office and back.\u00a0 And when the train broke down, it really left you stranded.\u00a0 I arrived 4 hours late for work one day.<\/p>\n

Which is why this map makes me excited.\u00a0 It depicts the high-speed rail systems that are proposed over the coming years here in the states.\u00a0 With the right experience, train travel can be so much better than the alternatives.<\/p>\n

A few examples?<\/p>\n