IIRC, it as supposed to run from LA to San Francisco. And it will end up doing neither.

it'd be nice if we had something on par with japanese high speed rail

I don’t think I’d ever want to live in Cali, the whole vibe just throws me off

Like I’m a liberal dude

@Jokerfaic The US could really use a high speed rail network, to bad your government is too incompetent.

but by the nature of japanese bureacracy, I suppose it makes sense why they got it so fast

Japan is a compact country. High speed is cost effective there. Not so much in the US...maybe for the Northeast corridor from DC to NYC but not in many other places

well what about a continental rail? coast to coast

Too expensive for high speed, too far apart when you can fly that distance much faster for the same or lower cost

I think they determined that even with a LA to SF high speed line you could cover the distance faster by air and for the same or lower cost

And that included the times passing through TSA checkpoints

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@Chijohnaok https://www.dw.com/en/trains-vs-planes-whats-the-real-cost-of-travel/a-45209552

odd, considering she's a flagrant hippie

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10/10

the government bulldozed all its tv dishes, why the fuck would they tolerate phone braodcast

Distance from NYC to LA I’d over 2400 miles as the crow flies. At 200 mph it would still take over 12 hours by high speed rail

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I was thinking seattle to DC, but ok

I just picked the two largest cities, point to point

The 2400 was perfectly direct, not factoring in Geographical reasons that would require curves, bypasses/detours of some places, etc.

The distance by road between NYC and LA is over 2700 miles....more realistic for a rail route than a perfectly straight line

oh well, might have at least been a nice public works project

like the first continental rails

Brandon, that is like the people that decided to bicycle through the ‘stans’ to demonstrate peace and love of their fellow humans. They were intentionally run over by some Muslims.

The yourtubers will get off easy if they were only arrested

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it's still a six hour flight from NY to LA, 12 hours on rail isn't that much worse

@Jokerfaic I know it's Shapiro, but it has link to the Clip

My time estimate was at 200 mph, with no stops between. Doubt we could do a consistent 200 mph route from coast to coast

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A 6 hour flight realistically takes 8-10 hours including boarding times, and that's an entire day gone.
Even if it was 24 hours, with the increased movement space you get with rail it would still be more attractive offer to many people.

Do you think that a coast to coast H.S. rail line can be run profitably (or even break even)? Unless I am mistaken the only portion of Amtrak that shows a profit is the Northeast corridor. Could you do a coast to coast trip at the same or less than an airline ticket for the same trip?

Honestly, I have no idea, but as oil prices rise it will only get more viable.

to be fair, the people flying the planes weren't American.

I guess some right wingers did something....

At least according to CNN

also to be fair, Islamic terrorist are pretty right wing