Yes, the U.S. is big. BUT if you implement high speed rail in specific corridors it would be quite a bit better than flying. The DC, Baltimore, Philly, NYC, Bo

Yes, the U.S. is big. BUT if you implement high speed rail in specific corridors it would be quite a bit better than flying. The DC, Baltimore, Philly, NYC, Boston route covers millions of people. It is absolutely criminal that we cannot get trains on this route which have average speeds greater than ~90mph (amtrack acela express). DC to Boston is only ~450 miles. Even if we get to only 150-200mph (which is already occurring in China over long distances) we are looking at only 2-3 hours from DC to Boston.