True, it's a work of transportation imagination, but we do love when smart, creative people plant seeds for thought -- remember Neil Greenburg's Model D piece in 2011 on his Detroit-based
Freshwater Railway? -- like this one we caught up with in Upworthy.
Yes, it would be nice to take the train from Detroit to Montreal, then drop down to Boston at 220 miles per hour. Or head the other direction to a Chicago transit hub, and either keep heading west to LA, drop down to Austin (during SXSW) or to Miami for some serious beach time. Not to mention all the economic development opportunities a network like this would stimulate.
Cool stuff. Check it out
here.