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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 29 Aug 2018
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    Absent high mountains, all flights under 2h should really be high-speed rail journeys on all-electric lines. I think with airport travel and check in times/greater likelihood of delays factored in, the time diff would be low. No need to even go hyperloop.

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      1. Chris Clark‏ @chrisclark1729 29 Aug 2018
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        When I lived in Downtown LA I would take the bus to SF because it was roughly the same total time with less chance of delay.

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      1. Andy Raskin‏ @araskin 29 Aug 2018
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        Reminds me of Japan. I used to travel rt Fukuoka -Tokyo every week. Flight time was ~1:45, shinkansen 5 hrs. Usually flew, but bec of factors you mention not always

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      1. Ben Henderson‏ @bnjmnhndrsn 29 Aug 2018
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        Certainly agree for 1hr flights, but wonder if our air transport system could be better optimized for a speed advantage over rail. Check-in times could certainly be improved and I'm curious how travel times to an airport (vs a train station) net out for everyone in a metro area

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      1.  📈TechnoCapital 📉 Natsuo‏ @NyatsuoIshidaww 30 Aug 2018
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        Idk, Switzerland and Japan seem to be doing alright even in the presence of mountains

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      1. Arun Shroff‏ @arunshroff 30 Aug 2018
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        It's a pity that high speed mag lev trains, hovercrafts - or similar tech, never took off - literally - as an alternative to ground-based & friction constrained modes of high speed travel..

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      1. Phil Garland‏ @philipggarland 30 Aug 2018
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        airports are highly regulated. fewer regs might be enough to improve air travel times/experience to a point greater than rail/hyperloop.

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      1. Patrick Atwater‏ @patwater 30 Aug 2018
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        Sigh sadly we're struggling mightily to even deploy high speed rail in CA with all the zillions of local fiefdoms and ample consultant make work processes

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      1. Varun Adibhatla‏ @vr00n 30 Aug 2018
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        A Trane? A Prain? https://youtu.be/_HfvS68aMIc 

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      2. Vincent Janelle‏ @randomfrequency 30 Aug 2018
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        Aka how to turn a 2 hour flight from YVR to Portland into a 15 hour train ride because it stops in the middle a bunch of times. Or has to wait for its turn on a line.

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        Needs to build some dedicated tracks, Like the TGV from Paris to Marseille in France (3H04m for 536 miles)

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