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re: Can high speed rail work in the United States?
Posted on 4/15/24 at 6:38 pm to Joshjrn
Posted on 4/15/24 at 6:38 pm to Joshjrn
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I could be wrong, but I assume your township doesn’t have a major airport, either?
It’s a suburb of a major city but right off of a major interstate with a 30 minute drive to the airport.
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My point was that train stations are nearly always near city centers while airports are nearly always outside of the city, sometimes significantly so.
Ah ok, I see what you’re getting at. I am at least 45 minutes (on a no traffic day) to downtown. Wife and I are heading to NYC in February and I was looking into different ways to reach Times Square from LaGuardia, most likely will just take a cab/uber but it will be about a 30 minute ride according to Google Maps.
Posted on 4/15/24 at 6:49 pm to bad93ex
quote:30m on a good day. It’s taken me upwards of an hour to get from LGA to Manhattan before.
Ah ok, I see what you’re getting at. I am at least 45 minutes (on a no traffic day) to downtown. Wife and I are heading to NYC in February and I was looking into different ways to reach Times Square from LaGuardia, most likely will just take a cab/uber but it will be about a 30 minute ride according to Google Maps.
But anyway, like I said, it’s just part of the consideration. I’ve far more examples I could cite abroad, but to stick to domestic, years ago I took the Acela Express from DC to NYC. Showing up at Union 15m before your train leaves and walking out of Grand Central beats the frick out of driving out to DCA at least an hour before your flight to then land at JFK, LGA, or EWR and having to drag arse into the city from there. And that’s not even taking into consideration how much more pleasant train travel is than air.
It’s by no means a panacea, but in areas that it makes sense, it’s a hell of a thing.
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