Op-ed: High-Speed Rail Needs an Olympic Deadline

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By Roger RudickJun 2, 2021, 7:29 pm122 pts
It was called the yume no chotokkyu–the “super-express of dreams” when the Japanese launched the world’s first high-speed rail line, completed just in time for the Tokyo Olympics in October 1964. The Tokyo to Osaka line was built in stops and starts, against fierce opposition, beginning in the 1940s.…

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