Xennial Memes
Subway-style map of the continental US titled "United States High Speed Rail System" with colored lines linking cities from Vancouver and Seattle to Miami, including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. A legend reads "Travel time at 220 mph" with a 0 to 6 hour scale. Credit: Alfred Twu, February 2013.

United States High Speed Rail Subway-Style Map

A subway-style map imagines a US high speed rail network with trains at 220 mph linking major cities. It evokes the unbuilt bullet-train future Xennials were promised.

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Subway-style map of the continental US titled "United States High Speed Rail System" with colored lines linking cities from Vancouver and Seattle to Miami, including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. A legend reads "Travel time at 220 mph" with a 0 to 6 hour scale. Credit: Alfred Twu, February 2013.

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