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Price Tops Speed for Attracting Passengers
Price Tops Speed for Attracting Passengers
How a person travels depends on several factors. Saving time is nice, but so is saving money. Safety and comfort are also factors in choosing how to travel. The best value for traveling is the best combination of speed, price, comfort and safety. If all things are generally equal, price usually is the deciding factor in choosing how to travel. Much is made about High Speed Rail service being as fast as air service for trips up to 500 miles long. It is not unusual for air traffic to dramatically decline when there is competing High Speed Rail service. This is often because High Speed Rail service is cheaper and as fast as air service, particularly in Europe.