High-speed trains on the stimulus plan
Apr. 16th, 2009 07:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petmoosieFinally. The thought of high-speed trains between here and New York or here and Boston is great.
But, when you look into the details, we have "high-speed" trains for that route. Since "high-speed" is defined as 90 mph, the Acela counts. It averages 80 mph, and shaves a whole 20 minutes off the travel time (vs. the regular train) to New York.
New York is the ideal destination because the subway system is so good.
But, when you look into the details, we have "high-speed" trains for that route. Since "high-speed" is defined as 90 mph, the Acela counts. It averages 80 mph, and shaves a whole 20 minutes off the travel time (vs. the regular train) to New York.
New York is the ideal destination because the subway system is so good.
