Why North Atlantic High Speed Rail Is Still a Pipe Dream @CityNerd

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The entire developed world is building high speed rail lines to connect large cities that are in the "too long to drive, to short to fly" category of distance. The United States is building high speed rail between...Bakersfield and Fresno. Today's video digs into the US city pair that's most desperate for true high speed rail: New York to Boston.

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Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced:
- Top 10 US City Pairs for High Speed Rail: youtu.be/pwgZfZxzuQU
- HSR vs Air vs Car: Canada Edition: youtu.be/gZdnl7wEE9g
- Improving and Expanding Acela: youtu.be/zxiGY8p2rCo

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Resources:
- The North Atlantic Rail Initiative: northatlanticrail.org
- gothamist.com/news/after-scraping-cuomos-airtrain-port-authority-releases-14-other-options
- bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-13/port-authority-should-ditch-airtrain-improve-buses-to-laguardia-airport-report
- thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/infrastructure/537571-newly-minted-transportation-secretary-pete
- bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-17/the-big-dreams-of-a-nyc-to-boston-bullet-train
- dailyhive.com/vancouver/state-route-99-tunnel-seattle-opening-photos-videos-february-2019

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Images
- Boston skyline thumbnail Image by Mohan Nannapaneni from Pixabay
- CAHSR map By User:Shannon1 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=103645672
- TGV By Markus Eigenheer from Genève - SNCF TGV 4403, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41058595
- NBA highlight youtube.com/watch?v=z9lkmuJaHzg
- Acela By Stang - Own work, CC BY 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=81897811
- Delta Airbus A321 By MarcelX42 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=121020158

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