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Originally shared by G.K. Nelson

Improving the infrastructure, especially high-speed rail, will be critical. According to Zhang Gui, a professor at the Hebei University of Technology, Chinese planners used to follow a rule of thumb they learned from the West: All parts of an urban area should be within 60 miles of each other, or the average amount of highway that can be covered in an hour of driving. Beyond that, people cannot effectively commute.

High-speed rail, Professor Zhang said, has changed that equation. Chinese trains now easily hit 150 to 185 miles an hour, allowing the urban area to expand. A new line between Beijing and Tianjin cut travel times from three hours to 37 minutes. That train has become so crowded that a second track is being laid.

The next time conservatives complain that China is going to eat our economic lunch in the future, remind them that part of the reason is their investment in infrastructure, including their willingness to develop high-speed rail.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/20/world/asia/in-china-a-supercity-rises-around-beijing.html

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