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]]> http://streetsblog.net/2010/07/28/sales-tax-hike-could-save-olympias-transit-system/comment-page-1/#comment-14816 Matt Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:26:44 +0000 http://streetsblog.net/?p=6595#comment-14816 So not to trash HSR, since I really want to see it happen, but how under 4 hours are we talking? The two cities are, by road, only 298 miles apart. They're 261 miles apart in a straight line. That means we're talking an average speed of under 75 mph if it's just 4 hours. The fastest trains in the world go, on average (not max speed, but average over the trip) about 160-180 mph. That would make this about an hour and a half trip. That begs the question why the "under 4 hour" terminology would be used vs. under 2 hours if it were the case that they were going to actually kill the 4 hour time. Even the Acela, at it's current 70 mph average would knock out the trip in four hours. Based on the fact that this thing is getting new rails and a new, direct route between the two, rather than being shoehorned in the way Acela was, why, exactly, aren't we demanding more? This service won't be cheap, no matter how crappy it is, so how will driving not still be the economically favored option? So not to trash HSR, since I really want to see it happen, but how under 4 hours are we talking? The two cities are, by road, only 298 miles apart. They’re 261 miles apart in a straight line. That means we’re talking an average speed of under 75 mph if it’s just 4 hours. The fastest trains in the world go, on average (not max speed, but average over the trip) about 160-180 mph. That would make this about an hour and a half trip. That begs the question why the “under 4 hour” terminology would be used vs. under 2 hours if it were the case that they were going to actually kill the 4 hour time. Even the Acela, at it’s current 70 mph average would knock out the trip in four hours. Based on the fact that this thing is getting new rails and a new, direct route between the two, rather than being shoehorned in the way Acela was, why, exactly, aren’t we demanding more? This service won’t be cheap, no matter how crappy it is, so how will driving not still be the economically favored option?

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