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Originally Posted by HuskyMan
time to bring in the German high speed mag lev trains. 300 MPH comfort, starbucks coffee served up along with your favorite reading materials.
no idiot drivers on the road, no high priced gasoline, plus reduce the maintenance cost on your cars, simply leave the driving to the train operator.
Europe, Japan and now China are doing it, the United States, of course, will be the last to get a descent high speed rail system.
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And is that more terrorist proof than the airplane? I think not.
True. Now, lets talk of it like the bus or any other public transport. Will it go exactly where I want? Probably not. How about leave when I feel like it? Probably not. Who will run it? Govt? Oh, that will work all right. Gives them another money pit to play with. No thanx.
Europe and Japan are a lot denser than we are and thus it might work there. People are a not as independent minded as we were. It might not work with the logistics and mentality we have.