China infrastructure 10 years ahead of the United States

High Speed Rail

It is the future of transportation. The discussion about the value, convenience, and financial responsibility are over. Globally almost every high speed rail project has been successful. Trains that can travel at 350 kilometers per hour (217 miles per hour) are transporting people in greater comfort and style than an airplane and with much greater efficiency. China realized that decades ago and began pushing to be the world leader in modern transportation for its citizens. That day has arrived.

In almost every major city in China there is now a high speed rail link. These trains are state of the art. Here is a short tour of what high speed rail looks like in China. First let me show you the trains. This is what I call modern transportation.

Now lets take a look at the inside of these trains and show you how wonderful the world of high speed train travel is compared to an airplane.

Everything on these trains is modern and comfortable. The compartments are clean and the service is out of this world. I thought that the days of the attentive stewardess were gone. I found it again when I traveled on China’s high speed rail. Tea or Coffee? Yes, please!

Just one look at this high speed rail map of China and you realize that China has ALREADY achieved the dream of public transportation for the next century. This infrastructure will serve China’s 1.3 billion population better than most other countries on the planet.

Just take a look at the modern facilities that they have built to support these trains. The stations are state of the art.

Now I am saying that China is 10 years ahead of the united States in modern mass transit infrastructure because of the official map of high speed rail from the High Speed Rail Association in America.

I say 10 years because even if this map was completed on time, America would still be 10 years behind the times. Ten more years of 1970’s style Amtrak slow “rickety” trains. Ten more years of traffic jams and airport security nightmares. I wish this was the worst case scenario, but this map has recently been invalidated by the actions of Florida Governor Rick Scott, who in an insane move blocked Federal funding to build high speed rail in his state. (Note the green lines in the map in Florida. Those will not be built.) This type of thinking and the move of the U.S. government to cut spending on domestic infrastructure programs is draining blood from the society. The delay rebuilding the American infrastructure is putting America further behind the times each day. Instead of improving the lives of the American people, American government has chosen to continue to fight foreign wars in an attempt to control oil production. The same people who are controlling those decisions are the ones who will keep fuel guzzling cars on the road and block high speed rail projects in the future.

China has a brilliant transportation system in place now and is building additions at an incredible pace. It will be fun to watch what the future of human transportation will look like in 2020. Where will you find it? China.

Itia (Abroad)