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Thoughts on this map: * There's a route from Miami to Orlando and a route from Jacksonville to Atlanta, but nothing connecting Orlando to Jacksonville? * Conn
by scythe 11y ago
Thoughts on this map:
* There's a route from Miami to Orlando and a route from Jacksonville to Atlanta, but nothing connecting Orlando to Jacksonville?
* Connecting Phoenix to Albuquerque and Denver to Salt Lake City is going to be really goddamn hard (mountains) for how small those cities are (but no SLC - SF?)
* Spokane-Boise, but not Reno or SLC or Seattle?
* Boston? Baltimore? Tampa? Charlotte? Cleveland?
* Why is (tiny) Concord, CA even there?
But most importantly, it's huge! Doesn't it make more sense to start with a single route (IMO, Boston - NY - Philly - Buffalo - Toronto - Detroit - Chicago)?
- Someone1234 11y ago> Denver to Salt Lake City is going to be really goddamn hard (mountains) There's already a traditional railway that connects the two cities. The mountains have a bunch of passes through them. The reason everyone flies is because it takes 15 hours and costs $81 one way per Amtrak on the California Zephyr. Relative to a one way plane ticket with Delta which costs $157 and takes 1.5 hours. And while a $76 saving is pretty nice, is a whole day of extra travel worth $76 for you? If you worked federal minimum wage (7.25/hour) you'd pay off the difference in only 10 hours leaving you 3.5 hours to spare... So it really doesn't make cost effective sense to take the train, only if you enjoy trains/scenery.
- dandelany 11y ago> The mountains have a bunch of passes through them. True, but the passes consist of winding switchbacks (impossible for Hyperloop) and tunnels (much more expensive than elevated tubes).
- azinman2 11y agoLet's see if they can do SF-LA in a viable way, then worry about the map. It's easy to add or remove dots and lines.