California High-Speed Rail

innerSpaceman · 06-02-2011, 06:29 AM

Well, I live really close to LAX and I'm not checking a bag, so I'm gonna cut half an hour off that misery estimate. Still, that's about a third the time of driving, and my airfare was a bit less than what round-trip gas would cost. Plus what would I do with a car in San Francisco anyway?

But if there were a train there, it would have to be substantially cheaper than driving, for me to choose that option. If a bullet train that would cut the time in half, tho, I'd choose the train over both flying and driving. I don't think I'll live to see that. Maybe some young whippersnapper will enjoy the ride in 2075.

06-02-2011, 06:29 AM	#30
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Well, I live really close to LAX and I'm not checking a bag, so I'm gonna cut half an hour off that misery estimate. Still, that's about a third the time of driving, and my airfare was a bit less than what round-trip gas would cost. Plus what would I do with a car in San Francisco anyway? But if there were a train there, it would have to be substantially cheaper than driving, for me to choose that option. If a bullet train that would cut the time in half, tho, I'd choose the train over both flying and driving. I don't think I'll live to see that. Maybe some young whippersnapper will enjoy the ride in 2075.
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