On Mar 30, 11:22�am, wrote:
On 30 Mar 2008 14:36:45 +0200, gas wrote:

Huge amounts of fuel consumption could be saved by replacing
the most heavily traveled air commute routes (e.g. L.A. to New York

Yeah people would be lining up to pay more for a 2 day train ride.

When air fare was 10 times the price of the train people still took
the plane.

mag lev can do it at 300 miles per hour, with flight delays etc speed
would be a wash.

once terrorists shoot some commercial airliners out of the sky mag lev
will surge.........

they could build a mag lev system with bus sized vehicles leaving
hourly sharing a rail guideway running continiously. all coputer
controlled for spacing

when you want to travel it would be like a bus just go and get on.....

if you want timed reservtions pay a bit more.

capital building costs high, operating costs low, very flexible.

no air pollution except for international flights.