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Originally Posted by acottawa
How much air travel would it reduce? HSR makes sense for trips in the 200-900 km range. Shorter than that most people will drive or use commuter rail or drive. Longer than that it still makes way more sense to fly.
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My bias is on full display with that dream scenario.
I absolutely detest flying. The pain to get to the airport, the check in, the security screening, the departure lounge, the boarding, the taxi-ing, the squeeze in the seats, the flight, the arrival, the baggage carousel, and the departure from the airport. I hate every second of it.
The train (in that future scenario) will be much more civilized than the sardine crush that air travel is. It takes a full day to fly or drive anywhere anyways, so why not take an electric generated train?