California’s high speed rail dream
25th February 2010
Have you ever noticed that people who like mass transit are the sort of people who, in an earlier age, would have played with trains? Instead, because they were deprived as children, they seek to play with our transportation choices — and our money too, of course.
Total travel time for the trip: Just over 2 and a half hours – nearly twice as fast as driving. Projected one-way ticket price: $55 – less than half the cost of a flight.
How much less exiting that would be, phrased as “Just over 2 and a half hours – twice as slow as flying. Projected one-way ticket price: $55 – more than twice the cost of a drive.”
February 25th, 2010 at 08:58
“Projected one-way ticket price: $55 – less than half the cost of a flight.” because the flight is being taxed to pay for the rail system…along with many millions of people who will never live or even visit California. Projected price of a one way ticket if the rest of the country weren’t paying most of the tab? So high that nobody would use it. Ever.