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‘The time is right’ for US to catch up on high-speed rail, says British Amtrak exec
(www.theguardian.com)
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500 miles on Amtrak east coast can take about 10 hours! I'm doing it again in a few weeks. That's just so dumb slow embarrassing.
See I agree, but Boston-New York and New York-DC are still very competitive with driving and flying, if only because their respective airports are so far from the city itself.