Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171218:18:39:00
Perspective, whether in japan or elsewhere, the trains are moving a lot more quickly than they are in the united states. >> absolutely. i had a chance to work at japan rail for a short period of time when i was inspector general. what's cool and interesting and different about japan and the bullet trains is in the lines, there is no place, for example, where the trains meet surface traffic. they have overpasses and that's eliminated. they legality the tracks for them and they don't have these -- they don't have sharp curves to take. they had different laws than we do and they were able to buil...