Back in the good old days of the NYC, Pennsy, and the old New Haven, all of these lines had 4-track main lines in many places.
In many places along these lines in particular, the infrastructure is still there with the bridges still in place and the ROW still wide enough.
Why couldn't this be implemented again?
The ROW could be "split" so to speak with freight-only lines on one part of the ROW and the HSR using their part. The only place there would be shared tracks would be around terminals and yards.
I know that this has been done on some of the NEC, but what about the old River Line along the Hudson, and other parts of the NYC system towards Chicago?
Personally I have had really bad experiences flying. First of all it's one of the most exhausting way to travel. The need to arrive way before the journey, the hassle from getting to and from connections, and the fact that the airlines can cancel flights at their whim and force the passenger to make connections. AND penalize the passenger from swapping air carriers because you have to rebook with someone else at the last minute!
The other thing, which gets me riled up every day is the commuter traffic. It takes me as long to go 80 miles as it does to go 35 in one direction. My miserable commute on the so-called freeway, is riddled with constant accidents and really nasty-slow drivers - doing something like 30 in the passing lane, or stopping dead randomly to answer a mobile phone.
John
In many places along these lines in particular, the infrastructure is still there with the bridges still in place and the ROW still wide enough.
Why couldn't this be implemented again?
The ROW could be "split" so to speak with freight-only lines on one part of the ROW and the HSR using their part. The only place there would be shared tracks would be around terminals and yards.
I know that this has been done on some of the NEC, but what about the old River Line along the Hudson, and other parts of the NYC system towards Chicago?
Personally I have had really bad experiences flying. First of all it's one of the most exhausting way to travel. The need to arrive way before the journey, the hassle from getting to and from connections, and the fact that the airlines can cancel flights at their whim and force the passenger to make connections. AND penalize the passenger from swapping air carriers because you have to rebook with someone else at the last minute!
The other thing, which gets me riled up every day is the commuter traffic. It takes me as long to go 80 miles as it does to go 35 in one direction. My miserable commute on the so-called freeway, is riddled with constant accidents and really nasty-slow drivers - doing something like 30 in the passing lane, or stopping dead randomly to answer a mobile phone.
John