Still have to get to and from the station (never mind all the waits involved at the stations and en route).
This is the problem you refuse to address, Willie: getting to/from the train takes about as long as just driving to the destination!
High speed rail from Atlanta to Savannah? Show me how that is going to take less than five hours door-to-door.
High speed rail from Atlanta to Syracuse? Oh, right, won’t be any because high speed rail is a linear solution to an area problem. Even if there was, it would still take more than 14 hours door to door.
Every way I look at it it’s still easier faster cheaper to just pile the family into the SUV.
This is the problem you refuse to address, Willie: getting to/from the train takes about as long as just driving to the destination!I consider it to be a disingenous objection.
For instance, I live in a NW suburb of Houston.
It is much more convenient for me to drive to my local grocery store than to drive all the way downtown to hop on the Houston Metrorail, ride it back and forth for a while, then drive all the way back home, stopping in at the grocery store on my way back.
So what if I refuse to address your example?
I find it silly and intellectually dishonest...
and not very "clever" to boot...