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Airlines are pretty fast. But when you have seen Newark at Dinner time at the height of the rush and understand that there are airliners stacked in 5 very large areas of the sky just boring circles waiting thier turn to come down. <br /> <br />One delay at one airport will ripple thru the system. <br /> <br />I have ridden what was high speed in england and between London and Suffolk was pretty good service. Yes we were rolling but did not have to fight the Motorway traffic or invest in the driving to and from London. <br /> <br />I was raised in Baltimore. I see that sometimes in storms Amtrack will roll on (For as long as the switches and bridges hold out) while airliners are being deiced or shut down. If it is really bad no one should be out anyways. <br /> <br />To get to BWI, hop a plane to Boston will cost you time. Time in getting to the airport, getting on the plane, off the ground working thru the traffic in the sky and repeating the process at Boston. <br /> <br />If you can get that same person on true high speed and get him to boston faster than that airline can from BWI for cheaper while also offering a restraunt car etc... then you will remove a airplane from a already choked air system <br /> <br />America is built on the private auto. They once enjoyed train travel long ago as a means of getting around. I have heard stories of steam engines pushed to mechanical limits and being truly fast to keep the customers happy. The stories of comfort are legendary. <br /> <br />As for those who talk about being able to look out the window, I offer the opinion that at 80 mph you are already looking almost a 1/2 mile into the country side to see any kind of detail, 150+ on up you are only interested in getting to where you are headed. If you did look out the window in the NEC it would be the same old. <br /> <br />And you wont have to worry if the airliner will make V2 and generate lift to get into the sky. On take off you either get into the sky or dont. At least on a train you have a clear track and equiptment that "wants" to run at those speeds. <br /> <br />On the question of Lawmakers I am pretty sure the "work" in parts or expertise or something that contributes to the project first on the NEC and eventually Nationwide can be found to keep him or her happy. Not all lawmakers will get on board. <br /> <br />If we are able to engineer the replacement of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge on I-495 in D.C. which everyone agrees is "Failing" and due to fall into the water then we could work on the NEC or other areas in a similar manner. <br /> <br />Google High Speed Rail and you will probably find about 14 projects underway in different areas of the United States.
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