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**Heaneisismich** · 01-12-2008, 08:43 PM

San Diego, LA, San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, Las Vegas, would make sense I think.

California High Speed Trains

The argument that the US is not dense enough for railroad travel ignores pre WWII, when the country was still rural. In travel time, for anything under 800 miles, high speed train is competitive with airlines, especially when you factor in transportation to the city center.

What we need is the equivalent of the 1956 Federal Highway Act.

01-12-2008, 08:43 PM	#11
Heaneisismich Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	San Diego, LA, San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, Las Vegas, would make sense I think. California High Speed Trains The argument that the US is not dense enough for railroad travel ignores pre WWII, when the country was still rural. In travel time, for anything under 800 miles, high speed train is competitive with airlines, especially when you factor in transportation to the city center. What we need is the equivalent of the 1956 Federal Highway Act.
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