The cost of construction of this line – even if it hit $10B – is a tiny, tiny fraction of the $200B spent just on airport improvements for LAX and SFO over the past years. When people complain about the cost of the other California High Speed Rail System, they fail to realize what we spend on airport improvements, which is far far far greater.
You will see tickets priced at $19 for promos… but most often you’ll see these tickets at $29-$49, mark my words on this. If people are spending less time, energy and money getting from Point A to Point B, then they’ll have more time, energy, and money to spend at their destinations, and they’ll come back more frequently… if you own a business or work at a business that depends on people having time, energy and money to keep your bills paid, you should absolutely and enthusiastically be supporting high speed rail efforts in this country. Even this site would see *vastly* increase revenues as this system nears completion.
When true high speed rail hits California over the next few years, the skies over your home will be quieter and you’ll be enjoying your backyard more and more.
The benefits are huge… embrace the future – or even the past 50 years of technology other countries have enjoyed… nobody who flies often truly enjoys flying.
]]>Taking the train from Cucamonga means I would have to drive more than an hour (nearly 2 with traffic), and then I would have to catch the train.
$150 round trip and that feels like the right number.
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