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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Sep 9 11:03:45 2007, in response to Re: Phila Inquirer: Gas prices, global warming renewing interest in high-speed rail, posted by Olog-hai on Sat Sep 8 22:40:27 2007. No, people will still fly. I can be in Chicago in less than 3 hours. Rail cannot compete with flying at those distances. Only foamers and those afraid of flying would do an overnight cross-country rail trip when the same distance can be covered by an airplane in less than 5 hours. That would mean I'd have the train mostly to myself, since I qualify for both. Let's put HSR in an area where everyone knows it will succeed, and that's in the northeast. If people flock to it and abandon the airlines, other locations can then be considered. |
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