I am not getting in a death trap "dragster"-bus lol.

Shithole country

I recommend looking at this map that includes all planned rails in gray.

Look at the one connecting Dalian and Yantai across the Bohai Strait (the one that forms a bay in the Northeast, near the Koreas). That's 120km of underwater tunnel, already in construction, planned to open in 2030

Edit: High res picture

Are high speed buses a thing? 225 km/h with presumably rubber tires? Seems like it would be even harder than building tried and true high speed rail.

Also post apocalyptic Australia did it first, they want their desert speeders back and to be witnessed.

oh, sure, I drive 80mph on the highway and I'm a "criminal speeder" but somehow these buses are safe at nearly twice the speed? ya right

So reading the article it sounds like this is just a catchy headline. They're not seriously looking into building them:

“Despite significant engineering hurdles, it is conceptually feasible to operate buses safely at high speeds under controlled conditions,” the review reads. “However, real-world implementation requires incremental approaches, substantial investments in infrastructure, technology, and rigorous validation through field tests.”

“It might offer as a complementary option alongside existing solutions like rail, not to replace them,” Mehdi Moeinaddini, a senior transportation planner at Caltrans, told KCRA about the high-speed buses."

will do literally anything other than build a fucking train

the Onion already did this one:

Obama Replaces Costly High Speed Rail Plan With High Speed Bus Plan

(youtube)

It's pathetic, especially so because the busses will not happen either.