When I rode the bullet train in Japan it was 3 times the price of a Southwest Airline ticket for a comparable distance and ran at one third the speed. The bullet trains operate at a loss with huge government subsidies. Southwest Airlines runs at a profit with no subsidies.
Southwest can change routes. Try that with a train track.
13 posted on 11/13/2007 6:30:43 PM PST by Reeses
(Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
When I rode the bullet train in Japan it was 3 times the price of a Southwest Airline ticket for a comparable distance and ran at one third the speed. The bullet trains operate at a loss with huge government subsidies. Southwest Airlines runs at a profit with no subsidies.
Ahh... but the environmental do-gooders are always telling us that trains are a more efficient method of transportation... </sarc>
16 posted on 11/14/2007 7:31:41 AM PST by az_gila
(AZ - need less democrats)