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Originally Posted by iheartthed
The U.S. relies entirely too much on flying for travel distances of 200-500 miles. New York's airspace has been at capacity for quite some time, and the logical way to alleviate that pressure is to convert a lot of those short hops between NY and Boston, or NY and D.C. into train trips.
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Exactly.
Flying from Pittsburgh to Philly, DC, or NYC for instance complexly sucks. It’s ridiculously expensive and considering the amount of time it takes to get to the airport and go thru all the crap that goes with getting on a plane, plus roughly 1 hour airtime, plus going through all the crap of getting off the plane and leaving the airport for your destination, it takes the same amount of time to drive the 4 hours to DC, 5 to Philly, or 6 to NYC.
But the drive sucks, or course.
A high-speed rail option would be a major improvement in efficiency and open up all sorts of commuting and commerce options, this resulting in economic development.