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HSR can work in specific situations only

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HSR is economically feasible where ALL of the conditions below are met:1) downtown-to-downtown HSR travel time between City A and City B is LESS than downtown-to-airport to airport-to-downtown travel time using air travel.2) the train ticket cost is significantly lower than that of air travel3) the populations of City A and City B are large enough to support numerous trips per day at 70% or higher passenger load factorsThis is why NYC-DC is an HSR success story, and Albequerque NM to Cheyenne WY will never be.Start building from the most economical city pairs first and see if the business model (read: government funding model) is sustainable.

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