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Originally Posted by BrownTown
But why? There's plenty of plains that fly this route every day.
Use these funds to speed up the LA rail projects that are currently planned out to 2040 and to expand heavy rail in the Bay Area.
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Trains are far more superior to air travel for a number of reasons:
1) Train fares are typically less expensive than flying
2) The carbon footprint of trains is 1/2 of that of a jet
3) Far easier and less expensive to expand capacity on rails than airports
4) Trains, for the most part, will get you to the urban cores more than most airports
5) Easier experience for passenger, no airport security, long wait times
6) More reliable schedules than flights
7) Not as prone to weather delays
8) Far more comfortable for the average passenger
9) Serve small communities as well as large metros
About the only thing they are not superior in is time savings. Hence the basis of my original post. Even improving the time travel to say a realistic 7 hours from the Bay Area to LA, you're not going to attract those that want to fly and want to arrive quickly. But, it would start to lure some air travelers, and I5 travelers, which will be a good thing all around. It can reduce the need for road and airport construction. Because currently, very few are going to take a train over driving or flying on this route.