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1. Due to the need to accelerate, HSR is only really good for 100 mile+ trips, beyond the range eVTOLs are being proposed for. 2. Hsr only goes point to point,
by deepnotderp 5y ago
1. Due to the need to accelerate, HSR is only really good for 100 mile+ trips, beyond the range eVTOLs are being proposed for.
2. Hsr only goes point to point, stops and door to door transport isn’t really feasible, and those last couple of miles take a lot of the time.
3. HSR is extraordinarily expensive in infrastructure costs and most city pairs don’t have the passenger volume to justify it.
- Stevvo 5y agoThe USA has a unique impediment when it comes to HSR. In other countries the economics work not because they are selling tickets but because it frees up the conventional lines to be dedicated to cargo. In the USA most lines are privately owned and dedicated to cargo already.