Japan offers to foot a good portion of a maglev train line (speeds over 300mph) on the East Coast. Holy shit people, do this already!

“To build the proposed American line, Japan has come up with a method of financing that is similarly novel. In a meeting with President Obama last winter, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered to provide the maglev guideway and propulsion system at no cost for the first portion of the line, linking Washington and Baltimore.

‘We are going to share this technology with...