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Airplane alternative: Amtrak train travel is a hit with this Gadling blogger {Gadling}
Sep 9th 2008 9:34AM Honestly, it would do the government good to bolster train travel -- I take the Acela from New York to Boston or DC all the time and don't understand why anyone takes short-haul flights instead of it, with one exception: it's actually more expensive to take the Acela.
Think about it: You get from city center to city center, New York to Boston, in under 4 hours. No 45-minute cab ride to the airport, no check-in hassle, bigger seats, and outlets for your laptop or BlackBerry. If you take an EVDO card with you, you can actually do work on the train.
It'd be great for both business travelers and the environment if airlines had incentives to cut NYC to Boston and NYC to DC commuter flights and if Amtrak had the funding to improve the Acela's speed (while it's "high-speed" by US standards it's nothing compared to Europe or Japan), handle more passengers efficiently, and charge less for a ticket.
