FAA Halts SWA Departures

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High speed rail is great, but another big issue compared to Europe is many of our large cities are just too far apart to make it a better option than flying.

This guy’s an urban planner that makes cool videos on the topic:


View: https://youtu.be/LlxohbiQG6Y


TLDR: Regional markets like the northeast, Florida, St Louis/Chicago/Detroit, DFW/AUS/IAH, Vegas-SoCal, Seattle-Portland, are viable candidates for high speed rail, rather than a nationwide network. But even then, the demand to travel between some of those city pairs is a lot less than you might think.
 
invadertim said:
And there's more Federali lovin' headed SWA's way...
DOJ joins DOT probe into Southwest Airlines holiday flight meltdown
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Literally every other US airline at the moment:

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I argue that FlyArna, the national airline of Armenia:
  1. Does not care what the US DOJ and DOT think.
  2. Has a more-rightous claim to the color scheme currently being used by Southwest Airlines.

    The country's flag:
    320px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png


    The airline:
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Minuteman said:
I argue that FlyArna, the national airline of Armenia:
  1. Does not care what the US DOJ and DOT think.
  2. Has a more-rightous claim to the color scheme currently being used by Southwest Airlines.

    The country's flag:
    320px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png


    The airline:
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Game recognize game. :)

Every "US" carrier. Oh, we need to talk about that "red ball" next to a particular flight number one of these weekends! STORY TIME!
 
It looks like the bullet train from Vegas to Socal might actually be happening sooner than later.

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Las Vegas-to-California bullet train gets bipartisan backing

A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California is asking the Biden administration to fast-track federal funds for a private company to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area. All of Nevada’s elected federal lawmakers and four House members from...
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SeanD said:
It looks like the bullet train from Vegas to Socal might actually be happening sooner than later.

apnews.com

Las Vegas-to-California bullet train gets bipartisan backing

A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California is asking the Biden administration to fast-track federal funds for a private company to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area. All of Nevada’s elected federal lawmakers and four House members from...
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That'll at least get a million drunk and blue hairs off the road.
 
SeanD said:
Its first stop will be Victorville then end in Rancho Cucamonga
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I hope they study the absolute mess out of how Japanese high speed rail handles earthquakes. It’s going to be crossing one of the more active parts of the San Andreas.
 
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