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The Book

Read online

Seven parts and 29 chapters. Every chapter can be read or heard.

Audiobook

The whole book read aloud, 4 hours 43 minutes.

Download the book

The full text as a PDF, 139 pages.

The seven parts

Part 1Why Travel?

Part 2The World as It Is

Part 3The Idea and the Vision

Part 4Building and Running the Network

Part 5Economics, Governance and Law

Part 6The Education and Culture of Travel

Part 7The Road Ahead
The Plan

The Plan

Five phases, from the first studies to the last branch line.

How It Works

Routes, technology, financing and governance.

Map & Roadmap

Three arteries, 33 branch lines, four sea crossings.

Documents

The executive summary and the concept paper.
Updates

News

Progress on the project, publications and events.

Questions & answers

Ask anything about the journey and get an answer from the book.

Videos

Talks, films and short explainers, with subtitles.
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The Idea

Short films, talks and tours from this part of the library, newest first.

Why America can’t build high-speed rail like Japan

Why America can’t build high-speed rail like Japan

Kianosh Rahmani November 2, 2026

Why the United States has struggled to build high-speed rail.

Africa’s plan to connect the whole continent by high-speed rail

Africa’s plan to connect the whole continent by high-speed rail

Kianosh Rahmani November 2, 2026

A look at the plan to join Africa’s countries with one high-speed rail network.