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a) Stop less. b) Take a more direct route. The distance between SF and LA is such that it /should/ take under 4 hours.
by gsnedders 13y ago
a) Stop less.
b) Take a more direct route.
The distance between SF and LA is such that it /should/ take under 4 hours.
- maaku 13y agoLove to know a <4hr route that you can do even at safe slightly-over-the-speed-limit speeds. (CA native).
- myrandomcomment 13y agoI have done San Jose to San Diego in 5.5 hours. Not going to tell you how fast I was driving.
- tsotha 13y agoNo. You will never make it in four hours. 5.5 is about the minimum.
- gsnedders 13y agoWhy not? 350 miles in a straight line, 380 by road; Paris to Avignon is 390 miles by rail, journey time of 2:39 in service. I don't see why 5.5 hours is needed?
- tsotha 13y agoThe road isn't as straight as it looks, I guess. Also, it's only two lanes in each direction, and the route has a lot of commercial traffic.
- gsnedders 13y agoAh, I think we've been talking past each other. The typical view of HSR is that it is viable for HSR journeys of four hours or less — not that it is viable for car journeys of four hours or less. This means SF–LA should be well within the viable HSR distance (per above, it really shouldn't take more than three hours by HSR).
- tsotha 13y agoThat may be true. Certainly I'll ride it if they ever get the damn thing built.