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56 High Speed Rail Links We Should've Built Already

Ray Delahanty | CityNerd · commentary · Watch on YouTube

Transit, cities & urban planning

What it is

CityNerd lays out a data-driven method for deciding where high-speed rail should be built in North America and identifies 56 city pairs that justify it, based on population and distance.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a methodical argument that many US city pairs make economic sense for high-speed rail.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2024, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Highly recommended.”

    City pairs suited for high speed rail

    theluketaylor, 2024-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Spain's plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a train in under 2.5 hrs”

  2. “CityNerd identifies 56 train segments that should be built, using data and reasonable, precedented criteria”

    Data-driven methodology picking 56 rail segments

    browningstreet, 2024-04 · Recommendation · in “San Francisco-to-L.A. overnight train inches closer to reality”

  3. “CityNerd does a nice summary of city pairs that should have high speed rail based on population and distance”

    Good summary of city pairs for high speed rail

    alistairSH, 2024-05 · Recommendation · in “General Motors Streetcar Conspiracy”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: high-speed rail, urbanism, transit planning, north america, city pairs

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