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SDF · 08-19-2007, 03:14 PM

High speed rail, with new equipment, running from city center to city center, on dedicated tracks makes perfect sense in short range, congested areas like the northeast corridor, LAX-SAN, CHI_MKE, MIA-JAX, to name a few. Unfortunately it would be impossible from IAH-NYC becuase of the impossibility of financing new right of ways. The current US rail system is saturated by heavy freight traffic. If you think US airlines are running late, try riding Amtrack long distance, where the freight roads control the rail the passenger trains travel on.

08-19-2007, 03:14 PM	#2
SDF Master Collector Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Louisville, KY USA Age: 62 Posts: 571	Re: acela or aircraft High speed rail, with new equipment, running from city center to city center, on dedicated tracks makes perfect sense in short range, congested areas like the northeast corridor, LAX-SAN, CHI_MKE, MIA-JAX, to name a few. Unfortunately it would be impossible from IAH-NYC becuase of the impossibility of financing new right of ways. The current US rail system is saturated by heavy freight traffic. If you think US airlines are running late, try riding Amtrack long distance, where the freight roads control the rail the passenger trains travel on.