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In Texas there are rumors of more toll roads: many of the free interstates and new planned freeways will have free service roads but the controlled access highway will be a toll road, at 15 cents a mile. So maybe the auto enthusiasts will be paying more to ride the interstates, when they become toll roads on top of the highway tax already on gasoline. At 15 cents a mile, a 10 mile trip becomes $1.50 more expensive, a 100 mile trip becomes $15 more expensive, a 1000 mile trip becomes $150 more expensive....this should take a bite out of long distance car travel..... making a high speed train more attractive at longer distances..... As for businesses, most treat a flight from Dallas to New York City or Los Angeles as a full day anyway.... By the time one drives to the airport, finds a parking space, take care of their luggage, get through security, and then wait for hours waiting for the flight to take off, fly, and do the airport shuffle all over again at the other end, plus drive to their destination and park again.....its eight hours.... especially if the flight's been cancelled or delayed..... I'm sure with modern methods the state of Pennsylvania new rails can be sped up to HSR, but there will be a number of tunnels and bridges.... similar to the HSR line from Florence to Rome. Once the HSR line hits Ohio, its fairly flat all the way to Chicago.... Frankly, the mountain ranges in Pennsylvania aren't the Rocky Mountains, they really aren't that high. Once the grade of 1,000 feet or so is attained, the valleys could be bridged over.... tunneling through any mountain that gets in the way over 1,000 feet.....and I'm not so sure the route would have to be 1,000 feet high..... Six hours to Chicago, I was thinking in terms closer to five hours, with a TGV high speed rail line..... Yes, I would ride the train..... I hate with a passion sitting in any aircraft, I have yet to find a comfortable seat in any aircraft....
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