Comment on I lived in LA and commuted to Berkeley by plane to save on rentparentComments−jnsaff23yHere is an interesting take on California HSR.TL;DR the physics is really hard and California might not be the best place for it.https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2022/10/11/why-high-speed...−zamnos3yThanks for linking that read! I didn't walk away with that tldr. Mine was that airplanes are better because adding airports is way easier than adding train stations, and that HSR is hard (as in, not just a California thing).
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Here is an interesting take on California HSR.
TL;DR the physics is really hard and California might not be the best place for it.
https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2022/10/11/why-high-speed...
Thanks for linking that read! I didn't walk away with that tldr. Mine was that airplanes are better because adding airports is way easier than adding train stations, and that HSR is hard (as in, not just a California thing).