Charlie (Colorado)
2008-06-24 13:05:56
Quick, my plane travel times include to/from the airport and security check time, assuming you start downtown in each case. Figuring out what the average mph is didn’t occur to me; those numbers are awful.
I agree with most everyone else that there are a few inter-city lines that do make sense — the east coast corridor for sure; NY-Chicago I think is *barely* potentially competitive, although Megan at one point (after I turned in this article) suggested a more straight-line route than what a current NY-Chicago train would take. That makes it look a lot more competitive, but neglects the cost of buying more than 1200 miles of right-of-way.
