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In reply to the discussion: California Hits the Brakes on High-Speed Rail Fiasco [View all]HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Cleveland to DC, for instance.
Nearly 400 miles.
Flight: $167 round trip, at the cheapest (and that's before taxes and fees), and that's not non-stop. Non-stop would be starting at $235 round trip.
Car: gas and tolls round trip would be $80 TOTAL.
Time:
Flight: Non-stop flight is 3 hours total time traveled (counting TSA, pick up and drop off, etc), but over 3 times as much money.
One stop flight can be anywhere from 5-7 hours depending on layover.
Car:
5 hours, 30 minutes . . . 5 hours 40 minutes if a stop's included.
So to visit my sister, what used to cost me a whopping $90 round trip now either costs twice as much and takes longer or to save time will cost 3 times as much. Oh, and I'm not squished next to some personal space-clueless dudes or hearing screaming babies as an added bonus. Driving is actually the better option.
A Hyperloop trip would cover this distance in 35-40 minutes. THAT'S something I'm hoping comes soon.