Yes, you read that right. In 30 years, and for the cost of a mere $117 billion, America will finally catch up to the rest of the industrialized world.
The purposed plan would connect Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and DC. In a mere three-and-a-half hours, the new high-speed trains will be able to zoom a professor from MIT down to meet the President at the White House (both of whom are likely now in their 20s and posting things on Facebook they will later regret) to discuss the policy implications of teleporters, which will totally exist by then. This is compared to the current travel time of eight hours on conventional local service, and six-an-a-half hours on the Acela.
Progress!
To keep things in perspective, here are some other things that will also occur the year Amtrak's high-speed trains comes on-line:
The people born 12 years from today will be able to vote.
Noted philosopher, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino will be entitled to the senior discount at Chick-fil-A.
Justin Bieber will be six years past the American Urological Association's recommended age for receiving his first digital rectal exam for prostate cancer.
Wasn't "Amtrak Joe" supposed to be all over this?
Coppied by http://www.gearlog.com/emerging_tech/
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