Bascially I was having a little chat with Inufaye about HS rail vs flying.
Started with this:
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/s...erg/54736508/1
Airlines are a racket, but everyone seems to want to keep high speed rail suppressed, with only one, by definition high speed line in the North East.
I know it's a Wiki, but this is a pretty good read about HS rail in the US, and what has been keeping it from taking foot (not just a bad economy, but that is part of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-sp..._United_States
Discuss.
What would it take to get some high speed rail? NY to SF would take about 24 hours. That's at 185mph and allows time for stops. I'm okay with that. I hate flying. I rode the TGV from Paris to Bordeaux and it was fantastic. Very easy to get on, organized, much better than flying, especially flying in America.
Started with this:
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/s...erg/54736508/1
Airlines are a racket, but everyone seems to want to keep high speed rail suppressed, with only one, by definition high speed line in the North East.
I know it's a Wiki, but this is a pretty good read about HS rail in the US, and what has been keeping it from taking foot (not just a bad economy, but that is part of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-sp..._United_States
Discuss.
What would it take to get some high speed rail? NY to SF would take about 24 hours. That's at 185mph and allows time for stops. I'm okay with that. I hate flying. I rode the TGV from Paris to Bordeaux and it was fantastic. Very easy to get on, organized, much better than flying, especially flying in America.
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