To the editor: Did James E. Moore II, a professor emeritus of transportation engineering at USC, totally contemplate local weather change in his letter stating that the California high-speed rail can not compete economically?
As our local weather grows extra unpredictable and ferocious, vacationers might discover air journey too harmful and unreliable. Increasingly more flights can be unable to evolve to the schedules set by airways. Vacationers may resolve that the time and ordeal of safety and attending to and from the airport will not be worthwhile.
When planes can not fly, high-speed rail is important.
Lloyd A. Dent, Northridge
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To the editor: Within the development trade it’s typically stated, “You may have it low-cost, you’ll be able to have it quick, you’ll be able to have it good — however you’ll be able to’t have all three.”
When contemplating high-speed rail transportation, I feel we disregard the price of transporting issues (and folks) by air. Why are most items (particularly heavy ones) transported both by sea or rail somewhat than on airplanes?
Sure, prepare journey is extra time-consuming, however by how a lot? How a lot time is expended touring to and from extensively dispersed airports versus extra handy prepare terminals?
How a lot time is spent checking and retrieving your baggage? When touring by prepare, your luggage are sometimes proper there so that you can choose up as you step onto the platform.
Rail infrastructure largely exists already, together with the land devoted to rights of approach and terminals. A comparatively modest funding may improve these for high-speed journey.
Anybody who has traveled overseas can in all probability attest to the comfort, economic system and high quality of contemporary rail transportation — good, low-cost and quick.
Philip Baer, North Hollywood
