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Indy to Chicago in 50 Minutes Is Possible, Say Researchers
WISH-TV ^ | Feb 28, 2006 | Tony Perkins

Posted on 03/01/2006 10:14:13 AM PST by Willie Green

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1 posted on 03/01/2006 10:14:16 AM PST by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
"If you chose to travel by high-speed rail rather than by highway, that four-hour trip would take you approximately 50 minutes,"

What about the stops?

There's always stops.
2 posted on 03/01/2006 10:16:36 AM PST by HEY4QDEMS (Learn from the past, don't live in it.)
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To: Willie Green

I've got a better idea.

Develop cars and highways that can safely handle 150 - 200 MPH travel.


3 posted on 03/01/2006 10:16:46 AM PST by fishtank
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To: Willie Green

Socialistic snuff. I can just imagine these guys sitting around in a well-decked out library wearing smoking jackets.


4 posted on 03/01/2006 10:17:55 AM PST by ExcursionGuy84 ("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
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To: fishtank

5 posted on 03/01/2006 10:18:00 AM PST by RockinRight (Attention RNC...we're the party of Reagan, not FDR...)
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To: Willie Green

I once went from Center City Philadelphia to Cameden NJ and back, stopping only for a liter of gin, durring the halftime of an Eagles game, but admittedly I blew several red lights and had EZ Pass.  Still, it's a feat that is spoken of in reverent tones by those at the bar at the time.

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

6 posted on 03/01/2006 10:18:20 AM PST by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: HEY4QDEMS

Wasn't this a Simpsons episode?


7 posted on 03/01/2006 10:19:31 AM PST by BeHoldAPaleHorse (Tagline deleted at request of moderator.)
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To: Willie Green
"If you chose to travel by high-speed rail rather than by highway, that four-hour trip would take you approximately 50 minutes," said Dr. Bonnie Savage, Purdue University.

Four hours? I usually get from Indy to Chicago in 3 hours.

8 posted on 03/01/2006 10:20:35 AM PST by Always Right
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To: Willie Green
A trip from Indianapolis to Chicago could take less than an hour.

I doubt it. Why would it be any different than planes?

You drive to the airport, at least 90 minutes before departure time.

You get injected, inspected, detected, infected, neglected and selected, and all that.
The plane leaves and arrives on time.

Then what? You gotta rent a car or get a taxi or find a bus.

The miles from Indy to Chicago are a small portion of the time spent.

9 posted on 03/01/2006 10:21:02 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: fishtank
Develop cars and highways that can safely handle 150 - 200 MPH travel.

Who will develop the people who can safely drive those cars?

10 posted on 03/01/2006 10:21:23 AM PST by ozoneliar ("The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants" -T.J.)
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To: RockinRight

safely ?


11 posted on 03/01/2006 10:21:39 AM PST by fishtank
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To: Willie Green
If plan is going to succeed, drivers will have to use it. No one knows how enthusiastic people will be about giving up their wheels and letting someone else do the driving for them. But according to a WISHTV.COM epoll Tuesday, some 71 percent of respondents say they´d absolutely use it.

Lots of people say this ... in theory. I say it, too -- I'd love to ride the bus or train to work. In practice, however, the inconvenience of train or bus travel very often outweighs any advantages in time. Sure, it's 50 minutes from Indy to Chicago -- once you're actually on the train. But it's probably closer to 4 hours when you count the time you spend in the stations at either end.

For me, for example, I'd have to drive half-way to work just to catch the bus that takes me the rest of the way, and I have to surrender my ability to work late or leave early, or head to a different office during the day.

12 posted on 03/01/2006 10:22:48 AM PST by r9etb
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Who will develop the people who can safely drive those cars?

Joe Gibbs??
13 posted on 03/01/2006 10:22:54 AM PST by HEY4QDEMS (Learn from the past, don't live in it.)
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To: ozoneliar

Engineers - they've been idiot-proofing life for hundreds of years.


14 posted on 03/01/2006 10:23:03 AM PST by fishtank
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To: Izzy Dunne
Don't be so negative.

If Willie Green wants to invest his own life savings in such a venture, he should be encouraged to do so.

15 posted on 03/01/2006 10:23:33 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: HEY4QDEMS
I've always thought the best way for auto long distance travel is a compromise - let the cars be hooked to some kind of moving conveyor (just like in the car wash) that could whisk them along at extrememly high speeds. The driver wouldn't have to do a thing - you could even take a nap. When you arrive at your destination, you'd exit from the conveyor system and drive off on your merry way.

This would give the best of both worlds - the privacy of being in your own vehicle coupled with the cheaper and faster travel of mass transit.

If these conveyor systems could be put in tunnels and use maglev/bullet train technology, you could drive across the country in a matter of hours.

Someday it will happen.

16 posted on 03/01/2006 10:25:16 AM PST by Tokra (I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
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To: Willie Green
Won't switching to high speed trains put a lot of truck drivers out of work?
17 posted on 03/01/2006 10:25:44 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Next Olympics I want wide track bobsledding. Four sleds on the track at once - like Ben Hur on ice.)
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To: Tokra

Hi-performance cars with computer control would accomplish the same thing. The conveyor is a bit capital intensive.


18 posted on 03/01/2006 10:26:55 AM PST by fishtank
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To: Owl_Eagle
I once heard about these guys who made it from Texarcana to Atlanta in a day driving a Trans Am and a truck load of Coors. Maybe this reasearch team used them to test their theory?
19 posted on 03/01/2006 10:27:22 AM PST by NYFriend
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To: fishtank
Engineers - they've been idiot-proofing life for hundreds of years.

When something is made idiot-proof, the idiots quickly gain the upper hand.
20 posted on 03/01/2006 10:27:27 AM PST by HEY4QDEMS (Learn from the past, don't live in it.)
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