California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B

Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B by kelnos on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @08:06PM (#16173728)

SFO to LAX is 85-100 minutes, depending on airline and equipment.

For me it's ~20 mins driving SF to SFO, ~10 mins for TSA junk and walking to the gate, ~30 mins for waiting and boarding, then the 90 minute flight, ~15 minutes for deplaning, walking, and getting a ride, and then then anywhere from 15-60 minutes depending on where I'm going.

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Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B by DrScump on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @08:23PM (#16173818)

travelmath.com says 55 minutes.

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Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B by kelnos on Thursday January 18, 2018 @10:56PM (#16184038)

Actual flight schedules published by airlines say 85-100. My actual experience flying that route agrees. Taxiing to and from the gate and waiting in the queue to take off may not be included in travelmath's calculations, but that's real actual time you have to spend.

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Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B by DrScump on Friday January 19, 2018 @12:31AM (#16184331)

Is the term "flight itself", meaning wheels up to wheels down, somehow unclear?

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