Party media called American high-speed rail a world joke. What do Americans think?

The United States does not have any bright spots in the field of high-speed rail. As far as mileage is concerned, the newly-built high-speed line is zero, with a top speed of only 240 kilometers per hour. As far as vehicles are concerned, we can only rely on the introduction of foreign products. They shouted slogans about progress for decades, but they still shouted slogans. It can be said that Japan's Shinkansen has a profound history and high service level, and Europe's high-speed railway technology is strong, leading the world trend. China's high-speed railway can learn from it, and the American high-speed railway ... seems to find nothing to talk about. ......

But why does everyone talk about the lack of high-speed rail in the United States? If not, there is still no new high-speed line in Russia, with a top speed of only 250 kilometers per hour. So far, vehicles can only rely on imported foreign products. So far, a bunch of planned lines remain on paper, and I don't know when to start construction ... Why are there fewer voices mocking "there is no high-speed line in Russia"? In the final analysis, everyone agrees that Russia is no longer a superpower during the Cold War, and it seems reasonable that Russia, which relies on science and technology for a long time, will not be able to build a high-speed rail. However, the United States will remain the only superpower in the world today, at least for a long time to come, and it is ironic that such a world-leading power lags far behind developing countries like China in the field of high-speed rail. A poor entrepreneur (Russia) who used to have unlimited scenery and later went bankrupt will not be surprised. At most, he will sigh that "the wind and water have turned", but if he is the richest man in the world (the United States), he will have to drive a broken car that can't be broken.

However, in the final analysis, Americans' low enthusiasm for high-speed rail is their own business. High-speed rail is certainly a good thing, but for the United States, which is generally sparsely populated, planes and cars are not too bad choices, so it is not surprising that there is no sense of urgency to develop high-speed rail. Of course, we have reason to believe that if Americans did not pay due attention to railway transportation after the war, and if there were no layers of wrestling between the federal, state and local governments, perhaps the high-speed rail in the United States could have been built long ago, instead of staying on paper, but it is better to leave the experience and lessons to Americans to reflect on.