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Maria Gurova

Russia Wants People to Road Trip from New York to London (via Moscow) - 1 views

gizmodo.com/m-new-york-to-londo-1721640019

Political transportation travel infrastructure Russian Railways transformative

shared by Maria Gurova on 03 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • Russian Railways wants to build one, as part of a massive road and rail project that would stretch from New York to London by way of Canada, Alaska, Russia, and continental Europe.
  • The plan is called the Trans-Eurasian Belt Development, and Russian Railway president Vladimir Yakunin proposed it earlier this year.
  • A 520 mile stretch of road would carry travelers — and, presumably, trade goods — west from the Canadian border, through Fairbanks and Nome, to the shores of the Seward Peninsula.
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  • On the other hand, Yakutin may be a plausible successor to Russian president Vladimir Putin, and the two are said to be close personal friends.
  • Even if the TEBD never breaks ground, the idea lends itself to all sorts of speculation. You could, in theory, one day make it from the northern tip of Scotland to the southern tip of Chile using a combination of roads and railways.
  • Maria Gurova on 03 Aug 15
     
    and when you look at the same subject from outside of Russia that might seem like a Transformative scenario rather then Market or Fortress 
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