NEW: Vaclav Smil, Fifty Years of the Shinkansen 新幹線50年 - TopicsExpress



          

NEW: Vaclav Smil, Fifty Years of the Shinkansen 新幹線50年 → bit.ly/12hkHME In two weeks, Japan is set to start construction of a new linear Shinkansen between Tokyo and Osaka, planned to finish by 2045, which would cut the current travel time of 145 minutes to 67. This comes fifty years after the first Shinkansen started running for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Vaclav Smil takes a look back at the history of network and its significance as a model for later development and for worldwide high speed rail in Europe and Asia. Noting the reduction in greenhouse gases provided by high speed rail, he comments on the lack of high-speed trains that sets North America apart from the rest of the developed world (and China). Shinkansen; Bullet trains; Public Transportation; Public transport;
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:11:08 +0000

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