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re: Interstate highways are racist but high speed rails aren't?
Posted on 4/6/21 at 4:26 am to ksayetiger
Posted on 4/6/21 at 4:26 am to ksayetiger
It would totally makes sense to have a high speed rail line going from Houston to Mobile with stops in Lake Charles, Lafayette, BR, Nola, and Gulfport/Biloxi. It only takes those trains 4-5 min to get up to about 200 mph...at least the ones in Japan. Plenty of other opportunities like that all around the country. Line would pay for itself in 5-10 years. You could even extend it as far as Austin and Jacksonville if you're feeling dangerous
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Posted on 4/6/21 at 4:29 am to lsunatchamp
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pay for itself in 5-10 years
do you know the annual upkeep cost?
might want to research that.
Posted on 4/6/21 at 4:33 am to lsunatchamp
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Line would pay for itself in 5-10 years.
That is a massive assumption.
Posted on 4/6/21 at 6:29 am to lsunatchamp
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It only takes those trains 4-5 min to get up to about 200 mph
takes an aircraft less than that to get up to 600 mph
and you can have smaller packets of people leaving at a wider variety of times
Posted on 4/6/21 at 6:35 am to lsunatchamp
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It would totally makes sense to have a high speed rail line going from Houston to Mobile with stops in Lake Charles, Lafayette, BR, Nola, and Gulfport/Bilox
Is there unmet demand for travel from Houston to Mobile is spots in between?
Posted on 4/6/21 at 6:35 am to lsunatchamp
Look up AmTrac and get back to me on that payoff...
Posted on 4/6/21 at 7:03 am to lsunatchamp
quote:Looks like this train would be stopping at every wide spot in the road. Does that not defeat the very PURPOSE of HSR?
high speed rail line going from Houston to Mobile with stops in Lake Charles, Lafayette, BR, Nola, and Gulfport/Biloxi.
quote:At what price point? $100k per ticket?
Line would pay for itself in 5-10 years.
This post was edited on 4/6/21 at 7:43 am
Posted on 4/6/21 at 8:37 am to lsunatchamp
You’re comparing a country that has a completely different demographic. Unbelievably crowed cities and a populace that is willing to give up driving. We have completely different outlook on these things. We are a very mobile, independent society. We are not likely to give up our cars.
Posted on 4/6/21 at 11:31 am to lsunatchamp
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Line would pay for itself in 5-10 years.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. AMTRAK is operating in the red, as are local transit authorities in every single place I've ever been. MARTA, here in Atlanta is about as far from showing even the least promise of a profit that it's laughable.
There simply is no good track record of direct government involvement in mass transit. It's only used as a means to buy votes and placate the masses.
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