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it already has something much more sophisticated - a high-speed air network think your train is efficient? a plane can fly in a straight line between any two p
by oldpersonintx 3y ago
it already has something much more sophisticated - a high-speed air network
think your train is efficient? a plane can fly in a straight line between any two points in the US! beat that! ever see a train cross one of the great lakes? no challenge for a plane! rerouting a rail line can cost billions...but only a tiny bit of fuel to reroute a plane...not to mention I can go coast to coast in five hours on a plane but the world's fastest train would take much longer...
- rangestransform 3y agoin the northeast I still prefer to take acela over being dehumanized by the TSA
- chroma 3y agoTSA can screen people the same for rail, they just tend not to. Ideally we’d go back to pre-9/11 screening for everything.
- rsynnott 3y agoHigh speed rail is most competitive with short and medium range air. Say you want to go from SF to LA. That’s a 90 minute flight. Plus a few hours of getting to and from the airports plus faffing around within the airports. Or it’s a 6 hour drive. Or, with a top-quality high-speed line it’d be a little under two hours on the train, handily beating any current option. High speed rail wouldn’t be all that competitive for going coast to coast in the US, definitely.