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On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 11:23:19 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 9/2/13 11:11 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 09:38:55 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Japan Railway Comp

Once you get away from the Boston - DC corridor, there are not many
places where people would ride a train. Even there, if you are not
spending your visit in the city center, you need a car.
We are not Japan nor Europe.
The only place with a similar population density is the NE megopolis
and they have a train

Heard that one a million times, too. Been on high speed trains in
Europe, from Geneva to Paris, about 350 miles, train was full but
comfortable, with some stops. Distances that can be duplicated between
American city pairs, and much, much better than driving a car or flying.

In this country, we for the most part gave up on rail public
transportation development after WW II.

We discovered air travel.

It requires a minuscule amount of real estate, the noise problems are
very isolated and planes are much faster.

No, for intermediate distances, air is slower. You have to get through
the airport, wait, delay, wait, get on board, wait possibly an hour to
take off, land, etc. etc. For my job, I've found that anything that can
be driven in four hours or less is quicker by car.