tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429342286679609717.post4801475634398208764..comments2024-03-06T06:52:39.051-05:00Comments on The Lexington Streetsweeper: High Speed Rail... Ten Years afterThe Lexington Streetsweeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951887343694165562noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429342286679609717.post-62430472871717568412009-03-11T19:24:00.000-04:002009-03-11T19:24:00.000-04:00Ahavah Gayle, you're perfectly right. I suspect, h...Ahavah Gayle, you're perfectly right. I suspect, however, they focused on airports because - well - how do you figure out how many people on the interstate JUST intend to travel from Lexington to Louisville, etc. <BR/>That said, I would be thrilled if this light rail existed between the big cities - and, honestly, it would mean that I would travel to both Louisville and Cincinnati more often, because I hate the drive and traffic deeply.bluegirl00https://www.blogger.com/profile/05393316485674619204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429342286679609717.post-42596806046751315802009-03-08T20:48:00.000-04:002009-03-08T20:48:00.000-04:00Your blog doesn't mention this plainly, although i...Your blog doesn't mention this plainly, although it is alluded to, but taking the number of airline hops from Lex to Louis to Cincy is a useless way to gauge demand. For the vast majority of people, the train trip would be replacing a CAR trip and not an airline trip. Most people who fly from Lex to Cincy or Louis are intending to catch a connecting flight to somewhere else. These numbers have no bearing whatsoever on the number of people driving to one or the other for a daytrip and intending to return that day. Almost everyone who does this travels by car now. They are your intended audience for the most part, not those flying to other places. HSR may pick up some regular business commuter flight passengers, too, and that's great. But I don't think replacing planes is the point of HSR, the point should be replacing CAR trips, not flights.Ahavahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12795309173195607578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429342286679609717.post-10191957569629836062009-03-06T21:18:00.000-05:002009-03-06T21:18:00.000-05:00Great find Carto. I have always been fascinated w...Great find Carto. I have always been fascinated with train travel. So much so, I’m looking forward to my European vacation this summer. I’ve hated driving ever since I moved out of the foothills of Appalachia to Lexington. Not only would HSR be good to connect the major cities in KY, but I would love to see HSR to several areas in Eastern KY as well. I for one would love to take the train to my hometown, or close to it, for a weekend visit. The reason I don’t go back more often is because of having to drive those roads.peyt.vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933851848302242788noreply@blogger.com