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Re: Phila Inquirer: Gas prices, global warming renewing interest in high-speed rail |
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Posted by Charles G on Sun Sep 9 11:58:43 2007, in response to Re: Phila Inquirer: Gas prices, global warming renewing interest in high-speed rail, posted by WillD on Sat Sep 8 23:26:25 2007. It is worth considering, though, that for many of the corridors you describe HSR is not competing with air travel but rather with auto travel.Given the spread of most of the US cities you list out of the downtowns and out to their suburban areas, the HSR trips will frequently require significant transportation (i.e. not a short cab or subway/light rail/bus ride) to and from the stations at each end of the trip whereas auto travel will be point to point. Had HSR been in place even 25 years ago, this might not have been the case. OTOH, I think that a compelling case could be made that -- over a 10-15 year period -- a quality regional HSR network would reverse the flight of businesses (and people) from downtowns. |
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