tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429580.post5964538974508012261..comments2024-03-26T06:28:09.125-04:00Comments on GavinThink: The Amherst Train Station...Gavin Andresenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105284501947275111noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429580.post-79502320518430058152009-04-30T18:28:00.000-04:002009-04-30T18:28:00.000-04:00Gavin,
I don't always share your skepticism about...Gavin,<br /><br />I don't always share your skepticism about things, but, on rail travel, I do. Even with gas at $4/gallon, it was still usually cost-effective to drive to your destination rather than take rail. <br /><br />I guess if you were going to New York City by yourself and were planning to stay for several days (and were therefore going to have to pay to park in a garage), train travel would make sense. But put several passengers in that motor vehicle to the Big Apple, and the economics scales tip back toward the car again.<br /><br />Train travel continues to be one of those things that's better to think about than to do (and to pay for). <br /><br />Rich MorseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429580.post-68539199720285945442009-04-28T13:48:00.000-04:002009-04-28T13:48:00.000-04:00Yeah, I personally really like trains. But they'r...Yeah, I personally really like trains. But they're stuck in a tough place between buses (cheap, slow, go anywhere) and airplanes (expensive, fast, go anywhere).<br /><br />I WANT to believe in environmentally-friendly high-speed passenger rail, but I suspect the economics don't make sense. If the economics DO make sense, then why haven't the existing railroads made tons of money on passenger service?Gavin Andresenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105284501947275111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12429580.post-29386357735264515192009-04-27T14:07:00.000-04:002009-04-27T14:07:00.000-04:00Train from Amherst to Springfield one hour 21 minu...Train from Amherst to Springfield one hour 21 minutes.<br /><br />Bus from Amherst to Springfield <br />50 minutes<br /><br />Car 35 minutes<br /><br />Number of round trip Peter Pan bus tickets for $550,000: 34,375Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com