Originally Posted by
Rascal
Have you seen high speed rail in Europe or Japan? ACELA is not high speed by any strech of imagination. Japanese high speed rail goes as fast as 200 mph vs 75mph that ACELA does. 2 hour train ride from NYC to DC sure beats a 1 hour flight when add transportation time to and from the airport and 1 hour wait for TSA screening.
You do realize the TSA would definitely be added to train stations to protect the traveling public. (and create more federal employees)