Dieselbob posted:breezinup posted:FORMER OGR CEO - RETIRED posted:When traveling for business, I need a trip length measured in hours, not days.
Time is money...
Could be a different story if HSR is ever developed, at least in some markets.
HSR advocates argue that the throughput (in terms of numbers of people moved from place to place for a given investment) provided by high-speed rail far outpaces those provided by highways or airports. In the chart, the US High Speed Rail Association depicts how high-speed rail offers significant time savings compared with flying or driving between downtown San Francisco and downtown Los Angeles in California.
That chart looks pretty good IF you are starting out from pretty close to the station, and your destination is pretty close to the station. If not, the time and money spent starts to escalate quickly, AND the chart assumes that whatever you are carrying is suitable as luggage.
A lot of people live a long way from airports, too - it's no different. You have to get to and from the airport as well, with the costs involved. As for the luggage situation with airplanes, well ..........
