Yes, but also, there’s no reason to move 2000 people 500 miles in less than 3 hours in the US.
For the sake of argument, I’ll pick two reasonable cities to connect. San Francisco and Seattle (which would probably be more like 750 miles away, but close enough)
I just checked Seatac’s website, there are 16 flights today to San Francisco, at what, 200 people per flight.
That works out to 3200 people transported the whole day, or double that at 6400 if you count the return trips, and many of those are just going to be connecting flights, rather than people trying to specifically get between those two places.
So… a train system that can move 2000 people in each direction every 30 minutes, running 16 hours a day, would be about 128,000 people transported per day which is literally 20x more people than currently fly between those two places.
Why would an extra 100,000 people a day want to go between those cities? What purpose would they have for doing this that isn’t currently being served by a flight?
Google says it’s less than $200 return for the flight between those two cities. Would a train be significantly cheaper? Clearly no. There’s no way it’s going to be much cheaper than that.
Would it be significantly faster? Nope. It would probably take about the same amount of time.
It would likely leave from a more convenient location near town, and the seats may be a bit more comfortable. Those are really the only two benefits I see.
So the argument isn’t “America dumb” it’s “America has no real reason to do that”
I have. Used it for years. That is not solving my problem. It takes the same time to drive into LA as taking a bunch of trains to get to the same spot. Don’t say I can read or sleep on the train. That’s also not solving the issue. It’s deflecting. Crazy that people want to say everything is fine and not actually address problems every day people face constantly for years. That’s why public infrastructure is so shit in America. Everyone’s licking some boot somewhere.
Yes, but also, there’s no reason to move 2000 people 500 miles in less than 3 hours in the US.
For the sake of argument, I’ll pick two reasonable cities to connect. San Francisco and Seattle (which would probably be more like 750 miles away, but close enough)
I just checked Seatac’s website, there are 16 flights today to San Francisco, at what, 200 people per flight.
That works out to 3200 people transported the whole day, or double that at 6400 if you count the return trips, and many of those are just going to be connecting flights, rather than people trying to specifically get between those two places.
So… a train system that can move 2000 people in each direction every 30 minutes, running 16 hours a day, would be about 128,000 people transported per day which is literally 20x more people than currently fly between those two places.
Why would an extra 100,000 people a day want to go between those cities? What purpose would they have for doing this that isn’t currently being served by a flight?
Google says it’s less than $200 return for the flight between those two cities. Would a train be significantly cheaper? Clearly no. There’s no way it’s going to be much cheaper than that.
Would it be significantly faster? Nope. It would probably take about the same amount of time.
It would likely leave from a more convenient location near town, and the seats may be a bit more comfortable. Those are really the only two benefits I see.
So the argument isn’t “America dumb” it’s “America has no real reason to do that”
If it’s all good and dandy, feel free to drive me around when I want to drive into LA. Thanks.
Try taking the metro or metrolink instead of driving. It’s not perfect, but it keeps getting better and better.
I have. Used it for years. That is not solving my problem. It takes the same time to drive into LA as taking a bunch of trains to get to the same spot. Don’t say I can read or sleep on the train. That’s also not solving the issue. It’s deflecting. Crazy that people want to say everything is fine and not actually address problems every day people face constantly for years. That’s why public infrastructure is so shit in America. Everyone’s licking some boot somewhere.
What?