Comments on: Chart: New High Speed Rail Projects Around The World

By: What’s Up With MagLev? 6 Current Proposals To Build Floating Trains » INFRASTRUCTURIST

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:16:28 +0000

[...] The Infrastructurist Chart: How Do The World’s Most Ambitious High Speed Rail Projects Measure… [...]

By: How Will CA fund HSR? « Orangeline Development Authority Blog

How Will CA fund HSR? « Orangeline Development Authority Blog — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:25:06 +0000

[...] dollars to complete its initial San Francisco-Anaheim link, a reasonable estimate considering the cost of peer systems. In addition to the $9 billion in state funds devoted to the project by last November’s [...]

By: alexandra

alexandra — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:27:40 +0000

no!! do your science fair project!!!!!!

By: Obama Pushes Vision for High-Speed Rail - Page 33 - Political Forum

Obama Pushes Vision for High-Speed Rail - Page 33 - Political Forum — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:13:36 +0000

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By: Ayman Nassar

Ayman Nassar — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:04:22 +0000

good chart.. great details… and simple.. i linked to it from my blog…

By: on a more positive note - mammoth

on a more positive note - mammoth — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:19:45 +0000

[...] (which has the most advanced plans) and doesn’t look particularly impressive in the context of routes under construction worldwide. Which isn’t to say that its awful — it is far better than nothing — but only [...]

By: johnny0

johnny0 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:27:31 +0000

Great infochart! Tufte would be proud.

So what’s the deal with the lozenges? San Jose is about 1.3 million, vs 800K for SF…

By: SF to San Jose in < 30 mins « Burrito Justice

SF to San Jose in < 30 mins « Burrito Justice — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:05:10 +0000

[...] Infrastructuralist, via the California High Speed Rail [...]

By: horse

horse — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:58:52 +0000

Don’t you think it is time to use metric units?

By: admin

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:51:14 +0000

The Infrastructurist — your go-to spot for sexism and public works!

So the answer to your (very worthwhile) question is: yes, we meant to, but in a different context. Namely, for this story:

http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/02/19/magazine-claims-women-dont-have-the-driving-gene/

But for some reason the tag is still showing up. Will look into it. Thanks for the heads up.

-Jebediah

By: HR

HR — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:17:12 +0000

Hey, did you guys MEAN to put in the little subtext over the larger image option “womencantdrive”? I hope not.

By: TransportGooru

TransportGooru — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:57:16 +0000

Thanks, Yonah for this wonderful chart. It is a wonderful way to compare and contrast the different rail projects happening around the world. Keep up the good work!

By: TrainsInTokyo

TrainsInTokyo — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:47:02 +0000

You forgot the Hokuriku Shinkansen and Kyushu Shinkansen.