Taking a plane is faster. The cost is too high. There are better ways to spend $100 billion. Readers find all sorts of reasons to oppose high-speed rail in California.

Japan’s iconic bullet train is getting a glow-up – here it is in pictures. The project is about to enter the design implementation phase, and these trains could be on the railways by 2030.

Time to get real on the bullet train: California is building it, so let’s make it work. A full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train displayed at the Capitol in Sacramento.

A Shinkansen bullet train moves past a poster for the Paralympic Games, scheduled for the summer of 2021, in Tokyo, Feb. 24, 2021. Koji Sasahara/AP ...

A new bullet train extension will connect more of Japan’s Hokuriku region with Tokyo from March 2024, making this beautiful area easier than ever to experience.