I laid a row of bricks in my back yard. I'm hoping other bricks will show up and make a house some day. Lib logic is so dumb. That bullet train will not be built between SF and LA, at least for another 75 years. Meantime, we really need that money for other critical needs, money that is being poured down a useless hole right now (useless for 95 percent of the people).
Let’s say an imaginary version of this rapid rail finally occurred.
On day one...things start to get noticed. For this 380 mile episode....it’s roughly three hours by high-speed rail, while it’s still 75 minutes by airline. Right off the bat, you lose interest by a quarter of the population.
Then you advertise the fares (something nobody will discuss today). Round-trip between the two cities would have to run at least $250. Airfare is $215 for the cheapest possible ticket while the average price is near $300 for evening flights. You won’t save much, so it’d wipe out another quarter of the folks.
Then you get to the all-important question....where do you park? Some idiot will build a massive parking garage near both ends of the railway and charge $26 a day. So, you figure out the cost of driving over there and parking for three days.
The only place in America where it might make financial sense....is DC to New York. Otherwise, it’s wasted money and will never return on it’s investment.