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One of the common anti-high speed rail arguments is that nobody will ride trains because they can fly cheaply between cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles. Since at least 2008 we’ve known these cheap fares weren’t going to last long. This week brings more evidence that cheap flights are becoming an endangered species, in [...]
If you thought air travel was bad now, just wait until you see these “saddle seats” installed on an airplane near you: The seat puts passengers in a semi-standing position, allowing airlines to leave only 23 inches of space between each row of seats, compared with traditional airline seats that are positioned 31 to 35 [...]
Yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle had a particularly ridiculous anti-HSR op-ed by Alain Enthoven and William Grindley in which the California HSR project was accused of telling a false “story” to voters in November 2008. Unfortunately for them, their facts and interpretations are flawed, resulting in an op-ed that is not credible. The system cost estimates [...]
One of the more common arguments against HSR is that “nobody will take a train when they can get from SF to LA faster by flying on Southwest for $49.” There are numerous flaws with that argument, including the fact that you can rarely get a $49 fare on short notice, and the fact that [...]
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