Yeah. It makes it a lot easier to build a truly high-speed train.
It's harder for a train to go 200mph through densely populated areas where NIMBYs don't want anything built. Cows, on the other hand, don't care. The train also doesn't have to stop very often -- a train can stop in Albequerque and Santa Fe, and zip north to Colorado Springs and Denver.
The biggest challenge to high-speed trains in the US is not population density or technology; the problem is political.
It's harder for a train to go 200mph through densely populated areas where NIMBYs don't want anything built. Cows, on the other hand, don't care. The train also doesn't have to stop very often -- a train can stop in Albequerque and Santa Fe, and zip north to Colorado Springs and Denver.
The biggest challenge to high-speed trains in the US is not population density or technology; the problem is political.