Originally Posted by
acunningham
Japan has been running the Shinkansen system since the 1960s in a very active earthquake zone. 7 billion passengers later, the number fatalities due to collisions and derailments stands at zero. If done correctly, high speed rail can be extremely safe even in earthquake zones.
Then I would hope we are going to use their UrEDAS system to prevent derailments during earthquakes.
Last edited by ByrdluvsAWACO; Aug 14, 2011 at 11:00 pm