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Originally Posted by iheartthed
What do people do when they fly to these places? I dunno about you, but I have never needed a car in Vegas.
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Are we talking about tourists here or commuters for buisness/living.
I am under the impression that HSR caters to daily travelers between these locations, the kind of people that would likely Drive rather than fly.
Airports are serviced by multiple ancillary transpiration services because they are hubs of arrivals and departures, a HSR line between LA and San Diego or LA and Vegas is just one market to another market. Despite the size of those Markets it will never have the kind of traffic or draw for a Taxi/rental service that airports do as it will never have that kind of traffic both in and outbound.
Dont get me wrong Im sure you'll be able to get a cab or whatever but its inevitable that the train would be relegated to a secondary transpiration option like Greyhound buses for people that are unwilling or incapable of flying or driving for whatever reason. Esentially you are using a massive multi-billionaire dollar effort to steal a small backwater market share from Greyhound when Greyhound buses can do it for a fraction of the cost.
Now when we discuss something like the Eastern seaboard and its nearly 100 million people an HSR system in this area makes much more sense as there is enough people in a small area all traveling too and fro constantly to various cities up and down the densely populated costal plain.