High-speed trains save time and fuel
Published Tue, Sep 21, 2010 02:00 AM
PATRICK SIMMONS
RALEIGH -- There has been a great deal of misinformation regarding high-speed rail lately. I'd like to set the record straight.
A key point deals with train travel time. It's been suggested that rail travel would be no faster than interstate highway time by auto. That's not true. Today, trains take a little more than three hours to make the trip from Raleigh to Charlotte. Once the first round of improvements is made, that trip will be less than three hours. After all improvements are made and the trains run up to 90 mph, that trip will take about two hours. In addition, we are adding more trains - offering more options.
And while some say "no one will ride the train," the facts tell a different story. Each year since 1990, ridership has increased an average of 6.5 percent. Last year over 700,000 people took the train and we expect this year's total to be nearly 800,000.
Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/21/693098/high-speed-trains-save-time-and.html#ixzz10BmQIf9S
Published Tue, Sep 21, 2010 02:00 AM
PATRICK SIMMONS
RALEIGH -- There has been a great deal of misinformation regarding high-speed rail lately. I'd like to set the record straight.
A key point deals with train travel time. It's been suggested that rail travel would be no faster than interstate highway time by auto. That's not true. Today, trains take a little more than three hours to make the trip from Raleigh to Charlotte. Once the first round of improvements is made, that trip will be less than three hours. After all improvements are made and the trains run up to 90 mph, that trip will take about two hours. In addition, we are adding more trains - offering more options.
And while some say "no one will ride the train," the facts tell a different story. Each year since 1990, ridership has increased an average of 6.5 percent. Last year over 700,000 people took the train and we expect this year's total to be nearly 800,000.
Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/21/693098/high-speed-trains-save-time-and.html#ixzz10BmQIf9S
Ken Prendergast
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
