In China, passenger trains are mass transportation.
Newsweek reports that over the Lunar New Year period, some 144 million Chinese will travel by train. That's about 11% of the population.
Compare that with the United States. AAA estimated that 63.5 million Americans traveled at least 50 miles over the Christmas-New Year period. Of those, 12 million went by common carrier: plane, train or bus combined.
What makes China's mass holiday movement possible is that China continues to invest in its railway network: between expansion and modernization, some $20 billion this year alone. And we're not talking about a Riding the Iron Rooster network anymore. China's rail network includes a new rail line to Tibet as well as a 19-mile maglev line connecting Shanghai's airport and central business district.
Investment in the passenger-train network yields significant social benefits. You get what you pay for.
Compare that with the United States. AAA estimated that 63.5 million Americans traveled at least 50 miles over the Christmas-New Year period. Of those, 12 million went by common carrier: plane, train or bus combined.
What makes China's mass holiday movement possible is that China continues to invest in its railway network: between expansion and modernization, some $20 billion this year alone. And we're not talking about a Riding the Iron Rooster network anymore. China's rail network includes a new rail line to Tibet as well as a 19-mile maglev line connecting Shanghai's airport and central business district.
Investment in the passenger-train network yields significant social benefits. You get what you pay for.
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