On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 07:32:10AM -0800, Marshall Clow wrote: > >[snip] > > Exactly. Trains are great. I currently live 80 miles from both Milwaukee and > >Madison. > > I recently had to travel from San Diego to San Francisco. > I investigated three options (all times are door to door) > 1) Flying - about 4 hours - $95 round trip. > 2) Driving - about 8 hours - $60 round trip > 3) Train - about 17 hours - $130 round trip. > > Help me out here - why would I take the train?
Comfort, for one. Vastly greater comfort, no hassles with airport thugs, etc. Also, you didn't factor in the subsidies. Those prices would change greatly if you took away the billions given to airlines recently, and the 100 years of subsidies to trucks. Travel times for the trains would be much, much better by now as well. Look at Japan and Europe -- trains work extremely well. -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com
