Wednesday, January 18, 2012

What the Eurostar's Success Means for California HSR | The Atlantic Cities

The point that gets missed, which is what I've been saying all along about high speed rail:

"At a travel time of roughly 3 hours, which is about what California's high-speed rail authority expects, the train would capture about 30 percent of business travelers and 40 percent of the leisure market... In the unlikely chance the fast train can achieve a travel time of 2 hours 25 minutes, it could win about half the market share of leisure travelers."

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