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June 22, 2011 at 1:39 PM #706559June 22, 2011 at 1:59 PM #705362
briansd1
GuestI personally would like a high speed train linking SAN to LAX.
When I can’t catch a flight out of SAN because all the planes are full (as they frequently are these days) I’d love to be able to zoom on up to LAX.
I’d be great to have to high-speed train SAN-LAX-SFO.
I think that a train SAN-PHX would be great for San Diego tourism. Arizona tourists would come here frequently on weekends.
June 22, 2011 at 1:59 PM #705458GuestI personally would like a high speed train linking SAN to LAX.
When I can’t catch a flight out of SAN because all the planes are full (as they frequently are these days) I’d love to be able to zoom on up to LAX.
I’d be great to have to high-speed train SAN-LAX-SFO.
I think that a train SAN-PHX would be great for San Diego tourism. Arizona tourists would come here frequently on weekends.
June 22, 2011 at 1:59 PM #706054GuestI personally would like a high speed train linking SAN to LAX.
When I can’t catch a flight out of SAN because all the planes are full (as they frequently are these days) I’d love to be able to zoom on up to LAX.
I’d be great to have to high-speed train SAN-LAX-SFO.
I think that a train SAN-PHX would be great for San Diego tourism. Arizona tourists would come here frequently on weekends.
June 22, 2011 at 1:59 PM #706207GuestI personally would like a high speed train linking SAN to LAX.
When I can’t catch a flight out of SAN because all the planes are full (as they frequently are these days) I’d love to be able to zoom on up to LAX.
I’d be great to have to high-speed train SAN-LAX-SFO.
I think that a train SAN-PHX would be great for San Diego tourism. Arizona tourists would come here frequently on weekends.
June 22, 2011 at 1:59 PM #706569GuestI personally would like a high speed train linking SAN to LAX.
When I can’t catch a flight out of SAN because all the planes are full (as they frequently are these days) I’d love to be able to zoom on up to LAX.
I’d be great to have to high-speed train SAN-LAX-SFO.
I think that a train SAN-PHX would be great for San Diego tourism. Arizona tourists would come here frequently on weekends.
June 22, 2011 at 3:17 PM #705372desmond
Participant[quote=briansd1]I personally would like a high speed train linking SAN to LAX.
When I can’t catch a flight out of SAN because all the planes are full (as they frequently are these days) I’d love to be able to zoom on up to LAX.
I’d be great to have to high-speed train SAN-LAX-SFO.
I think that a train SAN-PHX would be great for San Diego tourism. Arizona tourists would come here frequently on weekends.[/quote]
B ri, I think you better get one of those Carbon Monoxide alarms if you think a high speed train will be built in CA in your lifetime.
June 22, 2011 at 3:17 PM #705468Participant[quote=briansd1]I personally would like a high speed train linking SAN to LAX.
When I can’t catch a flight out of SAN because all the planes are full (as they frequently are these days) I’d love to be able to zoom on up to LAX.
I’d be great to have to high-speed train SAN-LAX-SFO.
I think that a train SAN-PHX would be great for San Diego tourism. Arizona tourists would come here frequently on weekends.[/quote]
B ri, I think you better get one of those Carbon Monoxide alarms if you think a high speed train will be built in CA in your lifetime.
June 22, 2011 at 3:17 PM #706064Participant[quote=briansd1]I personally would like a high speed train linking SAN to LAX.
When I can’t catch a flight out of SAN because all the planes are full (as they frequently are these days) I’d love to be able to zoom on up to LAX.
I’d be great to have to high-speed train SAN-LAX-SFO.
I think that a train SAN-PHX would be great for San Diego tourism. Arizona tourists would come here frequently on weekends.[/quote]
B ri, I think you better get one of those Carbon Monoxide alarms if you think a high speed train will be built in CA in your lifetime.
June 22, 2011 at 3:17 PM #706217Participant[quote=briansd1]I personally would like a high speed train linking SAN to LAX.
When I can’t catch a flight out of SAN because all the planes are full (as they frequently are these days) I’d love to be able to zoom on up to LAX.
I’d be great to have to high-speed train SAN-LAX-SFO.
I think that a train SAN-PHX would be great for San Diego tourism. Arizona tourists would come here frequently on weekends.[/quote]
B ri, I think you better get one of those Carbon Monoxide alarms if you think a high speed train will be built in CA in your lifetime.
June 22, 2011 at 3:17 PM #706579Participant[quote=briansd1]I personally would like a high speed train linking SAN to LAX.
When I can’t catch a flight out of SAN because all the planes are full (as they frequently are these days) I’d love to be able to zoom on up to LAX.
I’d be great to have to high-speed train SAN-LAX-SFO.
I think that a train SAN-PHX would be great for San Diego tourism. Arizona tourists would come here frequently on weekends.[/quote]
B ri, I think you better get one of those Carbon Monoxide alarms if you think a high speed train will be built in CA in your lifetime.
June 22, 2011 at 6:53 PM #705406AK
ParticipantRecent European vacation was a major reality check on high-speed rail and ubiquitous public transportation in general.
It ain’t cheap. A one-day bus pass in, say, Copenhagen runs about $25 US, which coulda got me a full tank of gas not so long ago. A short intercity train trip like Bonn-Amsterdam (about 200 miles) runs $120 US one way, or about the cost of an SAN-SFO flight on Southwest.
It ain’t always convenient. For example, Paris is the hub for all long-distance trains in France … but trains arrive at / depart from different stations and you gotta schlep your stuff through the subway or take a cab. After weighing all the alternatives I booked a trip on an unsubsidized carbon-spewing private bus instead … it was a very proletarian experience and toward the end of the trip a malodorous one too, but I saved a bunch of money and arrived at my destination at noon rather than 1 a.m.
Don’t get me wrong. I think high-speed rail will work well in the right corridors. I’m not entirely convinced SFO-LAX-SAN is the right corridor. And I’m not too encouraged by the fact that we can’t even get conventional train service running again on a no-brainer route like LAX-LAS!
(edit: I meant LAX-LAS … a route I’d love to see in operation again. I mean who actually enjoys the weekend drive out to Vegas?)
June 22, 2011 at 6:53 PM #705503ParticipantRecent European vacation was a major reality check on high-speed rail and ubiquitous public transportation in general.
It ain’t cheap. A one-day bus pass in, say, Copenhagen runs about $25 US, which coulda got me a full tank of gas not so long ago. A short intercity train trip like Bonn-Amsterdam (about 200 miles) runs $120 US one way, or about the cost of an SAN-SFO flight on Southwest.
It ain’t always convenient. For example, Paris is the hub for all long-distance trains in France … but trains arrive at / depart from different stations and you gotta schlep your stuff through the subway or take a cab. After weighing all the alternatives I booked a trip on an unsubsidized carbon-spewing private bus instead … it was a very proletarian experience and toward the end of the trip a malodorous one too, but I saved a bunch of money and arrived at my destination at noon rather than 1 a.m.
Don’t get me wrong. I think high-speed rail will work well in the right corridors. I’m not entirely convinced SFO-LAX-SAN is the right corridor. And I’m not too encouraged by the fact that we can’t even get conventional train service running again on a no-brainer route like LAX-LAS!
(edit: I meant LAX-LAS … a route I’d love to see in operation again. I mean who actually enjoys the weekend drive out to Vegas?)
June 22, 2011 at 6:53 PM #706099ParticipantRecent European vacation was a major reality check on high-speed rail and ubiquitous public transportation in general.
It ain’t cheap. A one-day bus pass in, say, Copenhagen runs about $25 US, which coulda got me a full tank of gas not so long ago. A short intercity train trip like Bonn-Amsterdam (about 200 miles) runs $120 US one way, or about the cost of an SAN-SFO flight on Southwest.
It ain’t always convenient. For example, Paris is the hub for all long-distance trains in France … but trains arrive at / depart from different stations and you gotta schlep your stuff through the subway or take a cab. After weighing all the alternatives I booked a trip on an unsubsidized carbon-spewing private bus instead … it was a very proletarian experience and toward the end of the trip a malodorous one too, but I saved a bunch of money and arrived at my destination at noon rather than 1 a.m.
Don’t get me wrong. I think high-speed rail will work well in the right corridors. I’m not entirely convinced SFO-LAX-SAN is the right corridor. And I’m not too encouraged by the fact that we can’t even get conventional train service running again on a no-brainer route like LAX-LAS!
(edit: I meant LAX-LAS … a route I’d love to see in operation again. I mean who actually enjoys the weekend drive out to Vegas?)
June 22, 2011 at 6:53 PM #706252ParticipantRecent European vacation was a major reality check on high-speed rail and ubiquitous public transportation in general.
It ain’t cheap. A one-day bus pass in, say, Copenhagen runs about $25 US, which coulda got me a full tank of gas not so long ago. A short intercity train trip like Bonn-Amsterdam (about 200 miles) runs $120 US one way, or about the cost of an SAN-SFO flight on Southwest.
It ain’t always convenient. For example, Paris is the hub for all long-distance trains in France … but trains arrive at / depart from different stations and you gotta schlep your stuff through the subway or take a cab. After weighing all the alternatives I booked a trip on an unsubsidized carbon-spewing private bus instead … it was a very proletarian experience and toward the end of the trip a malodorous one too, but I saved a bunch of money and arrived at my destination at noon rather than 1 a.m.
Don’t get me wrong. I think high-speed rail will work well in the right corridors. I’m not entirely convinced SFO-LAX-SAN is the right corridor. And I’m not too encouraged by the fact that we can’t even get conventional train service running again on a no-brainer route like LAX-LAS!
(edit: I meant LAX-LAS … a route I’d love to see in operation again. I mean who actually enjoys the weekend drive out to Vegas?)
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