[schan]

This reminds me that California has approved construction of a section of high speed rail too.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-high-speed-route-201...

Hard to evaluate the cost/benefit of high speed rail since the costs are obvious while the benefits are delayed and not as obvious. It would be really cool to get from SF to LA in 2-3 hours though.

[ghshephard]

SFO -> QLA takes 2 Hours, curb to curb, and costs $50 with pretty much every airline that flies the route. It costs me more for the taxi to get from Redwood City to SFO, than it does for the flight to Los Angeles.

It is neither the cost, nor the time that attracts me (neither of which are likely to be that much better on a train), but the possibility of using that 4-5 hours a day productively on a reasonably civilized train ride instead of the horrible experience one gets in the Cattle-Like experience every morning in the airport.

[loewenskind]

I would value not having to fly very highly. At least until some idiot decides we need a security theater for trains as well.