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You're not the only one. I'd gladly stand on a short flight, say between LA and SFO or between Philly and Washington, DC. Those flights are faster than some sub

You're not the only one. I'd gladly stand on a short flight, say between LA and SFO or between Philly and Washington, DC. Those flights are faster than some subway rides, and no one complains about being crammed in to subway cars.

philwelch 8y ago
Those are also routes where it barely makes any sense to fly in the first place; any civilized country would have high speed rail for those routes.
- 24gttghh 8y ago
  The Acela takes about 1:45 hours between PHL and DC and costs as low as $39, while driving a car takes anywhere from 40min to 2 hours longer than that[0]. It's not EU 'high-speed', but it moves at roughly double highway speeds at times. Granted, on that section it averages like 96-112kmh (60-70MPH) I think, as it makes a couple stops (Wilmington, DE and Baltimore, MD at least). [0]https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Philadelphia,+Pennsylvania/Washington,+District+of+Columbia/@39.4208519,-77.2221818,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m21!4m20!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c6b7d8d4b54beb:0x89f514d88c3e58c1!2m2!1d-75.1652215!2d39.9525839!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b7c6de5af6e45b:0xc2524522d4885d2a!2m2!1d-77.0368707!2d38.9071923!2m6!5e0!5e1!5e2!5e3!6e0!8j1536609238!3e3 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Philadelphia,+Pennsylvania/W...