By the way, all these attacks on the proposed high speed rail are not entirely consistent. Compare the LA Times ediitorial to this, previously posted in the US Major rail expansion on track with stimulus plan thread:
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Study: High-speed rail would drain passengers from Bay Area airports
By Mike Rosenberg
San Jose Mercury
2/25/2010
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_14467088
California's high-speed trains — loaded with the potential for cheaper fares and peaceful trips — could steal about 6 million passengers each year from the three Bay Area airports combined, new estimates show.
San Jose would be hit hardest, according to consultants at SH&E, a Virginia-based aviation firm the Metropolitan Transportation Commission contracted to study the bullet train's impact on Bay Area airports.
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