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    1. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jan 21

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      people who want to go across a continent have plenty of planes to take; people who want to get around their own cities without driving, on the other hand, could really use more trains https://twitter.com/TiredGuyReturns/status/955187164098256897 …

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      Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jan 21

      I've talked in the past about the 6-hour rule...if a trip will take more than 6 hours by one mode, and there's a faster mode available, people will generally pick the faster mode crossing the USA takes *less* than 6 hours by plane, air will dominate coast-to-coast market

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        2. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jan 21

          This isn't really a problem for trains tho, because the overwhelming majority of travel in the USA is over shorter distances than this. I maintain that conventional urban/suburban rail is a higher priority, but let's look at some of the longest distances that work for HSR:

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        3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jan 21

          Chicago to NYC takes something like 2 hours by plane--by high speed rail, it could take as little as 5 hours. Driving takes about 12 hours. This is similar to the situation between Tokyo and Fukuoka: 2hr flying, 6hr high speed rail, 13hr driving.

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        4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jan 21

          I don't recall the exact mode share, but I know that flying remains very popular in Japan between those two cities. Plenty take the train too--trains depart more frequently than planes, which is a likely factor--but trains don't dominate that market.

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        5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jan 21

          Other American city pairs that fall into this approximate range include: - NYC to Atlanta - Houston to Orlando - Dallas to Denver - Seattle to Salt Lake City - Seattle to San Francisco ...you get the idea; roughly 750~900 miles

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        6. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jan 21

          Shorter distances work out better for high speed rail, because over these distances, air passengers will likely spend more time at airports than flying: - Boston to DC (3hr) - NYC to Toronto (3hr 20m) - SF to LA (2hr 30m) - Dallas to Houston (1hr 30m) etc etc

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        7. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jan 21

          But as I said at the outset...urban and suburban rail is the real prizepic.twitter.com/59OAdDpMUG

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        8. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jan 21

          The Tokaido Shinkansen--the world's busiest high speed railway--carries around 400,000 people a day The Odakyu Railway--6th busiest in Tokyo--carries around 2 million a daypic.twitter.com/ys7iTcTo6d

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