On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 02:21:20PM +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Thomas Shaddack wrote:
>
> > I don't know how it works in the US, but railroads are both comfortable
> > and pretty reliable in Europe.
>
> A bit too expensive, especially in Germany. I also like being able to work
> on the train -- given that here cities are only a few kilotons apart and
> ICEs are pretty speedy flying can take longer.
>
> Otherwise I agree, bahning beyond 5-6 h starts to become tedious.
I'd love to see more and better train service in the US. Great way to
travel, work, read, watch the scenery. I don't mind at all taking a few days,
and, unless it's a real emergency, I'm very sure at this point I'll never fly a
commercial airline again. Trains seem to work quite well in the rest of the
world -- why not here? I'm not in favor of gov't subsidies for anything -- but,
as I said before, we don't live in a libertarian fantasy world, so if transport
is going to be subsidized, the trains should get their fair share. In fact it
wouldn't bother me one iota if the airlines went under, the greatest share of
the business travel is non-essential. Meetings can be teleconferenced much more
efficiently.
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Harmon Seaver
CyberShamanix
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