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Re: High speed rail on C-span
Author: Tom H
Date: 07-17-2009 - 21:07

Graham Buxton Wrote:
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> HSR rail does not need to run at the 500+ mph that
> a jet might fly to be able to improve transit
> time. What counts is total trip time, beginning to
> endpoint. Time spent traveling to the airport,
> time wasted at security lines (including
> allowances for longer than normal lines), and
> traveling from the destination airport to your
> final destination are all part of the trip. Odds
> are that the airports are out of the way compared
> to the train station, usually near downtown.

Of course, if you don't live downtown or are going downtown, the train station isn't anymore handy than the airport.

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Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  High speed rail on C-span Dilbert 07-17-2009 - 17:08
  Re: High speed rail on C-span Dave Smith 07-17-2009 - 18:37
  Re: High speed rail on C-span Graham Buxton 07-17-2009 - 19:43
  Re: High speed rail on C-span Tom H 07-17-2009 - 21:07
  Re: High speed rail on C-span TRS 07-17-2009 - 21:09
  Re: High speed rail on C-span Ernest H. Robl 07-18-2009 - 05:43
  Re: High speed rail on C-span Dave Smith 07-18-2009 - 10:03
  Re: High speed rail on C-span Rich Hunn 07-18-2009 - 11:33
  Re: High speed rail on C-span BOB2 07-18-2009 - 17:35
  Re: High speed rail on C-span Hipshot 07-18-2009 - 20:42
  Re: High speed rail on C-span Ross Hall 07-20-2009 - 17:52
  Re: High speed rail on C-span Cathy SMith 07-21-2009 - 16:25
  Re: High speed rail on C-span :Ernest H. Robl 07-21-2009 - 17:36


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