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Although the last time I took it, a mechanical problem forced us to go very slowly from just north of Philly to DC. It was embarrassing, getting passed by the regular trains. :-(
It reaches a mere 150 mph on a mere 18 miles of track. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
you are the media you consume.
That's exactly why the 2 hour and 3 hour boundaries are so important. With a central metro point of access and a much shorter check in time because of no serious load balancing problem, you provide a quicker route to some, and that short-circuits the whole "nobody takes it because its more expensive because nobody take it" vicious circle.
New York to Boston is 300km, 187 miles. A VHS train could do the trip in under an hour and a half. You can be an hour and a half getting to La Guardia and getting through the check in and the security line, and still be waiting in line to board the flight. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
Anyway, the voters have already been spoken for: as Reagan said, Americans don't like trains. A bomb, H bomb, Minuteman / The names get more attractive / The decisions are made by NATO / The press call it British opinion -- The Three Johns
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