Japan-led maglev project in U.S. east faces cost, regulatory hurdles

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1. “In addition, the test cars used on JR Central’s Yamanashi Maglev Line, a test-run site in Japan’s Yamanashi Prefecture, do not meet safety standards imposed by U.S. regulatory agencies. Any effort to introduce the technology for a train line in the United States would require deregulation.”

   I would just like to point out Amtrack has an entire wikipage dedicated to the list of accidents many of them deadly, the worst killing 47.

   The Shinkansen has zero recorded fatalities or even passenger injuries caused by a train accident.

2. Over nearly the same 10 year period China 42000 km of high-speed rail. Disappointing.

3. Reading the article “regulatory hurdles” appears to be a euphemism for “reality.”