> But when you add in time waiting for gates, waiting for landing
> strips and so on, total journey time will be comparable to air travel
> even for 2,000 or 3,000 mile trips.
C'mon, this is outrageous. The crossover between (current and planned) fast trains and flying is more like *300* miles.
Example math provided here, including a lengthy thread on Joanna wanting to take a train to NYC:
http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2005/2005-September/019240.html http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2005/2005-September/019859.html
/jordan