Posted on 09/23/2011 5:21:33 PM PDT by Kaslin
Here in Newark NJ people don’t want to walk three blocks through the natives, never mind miles. They know better, despite the news blackout (pardon the pun).
Well, it might "make sense" but it doesn't make cents, as there is only one profitable line in all the ones you propose, that is Tokyo-Osaka. Nowhere else in the world does highspeed rail support itself profitably.
FWIW, the folks I know in Jersey who do commute to NYC, have always said, they would despise the trains, they will drive, deal with traffic and all that, rather then ride the train in. Some of them actually would rather cab it then ride in, that says alot.
“I’m over in NYC, a big part of that deal, was the idea of moving freight.”
I see; that makes sense, but was left out of the public discussion (and I could see why).
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