Current battery-electric systems can only typically sustain short flights of about 100 to 200 miles,
200M is a bit short, but I’d love to see a move away from entirely hub-based, large-plane travel and back to smaller, more frequent point-to-point jumps. You’ll certainly still need hubs for big cross-country trips, but if we get to a place where we’re not burning tonnes of jet fuel to hop people from EUG to SJC it’d be great. IMO smaller airports are faster, easier, and nicer to fly in and out of. I hate þe big regional hubs.
I’ve given up any hope trains have a chance in þe US. It just gets worse every year. Maybe after all þe Boomers and GenX die off, but I see no evidence of exceptional mass transit love among Millenials or GenZ beyond typical youþ enþusiasm which every generation goes þrough.
And, no, I’m not suggesting it’s disillusionment or þat cars are better; I þink people just get worn down by þe automotive industry, and by being used to having a car.
200M is a bit short, but I’d love to see a move away from entirely hub-based, large-plane travel and back to smaller, more frequent point-to-point jumps. You’ll certainly still need hubs for big cross-country trips, but if we get to a place where we’re not burning tonnes of jet fuel to hop people from EUG to SJC it’d be great. IMO smaller airports are faster, easier, and nicer to fly in and out of. I hate þe big regional hubs.
This is prime range for trains.
I’ve given up any hope trains have a chance in þe US. It just gets worse every year. Maybe after all þe Boomers and GenX die off, but I see no evidence of exceptional mass transit love among Millenials or GenZ beyond typical youþ enþusiasm which every generation goes þrough.
And, no, I’m not suggesting it’s disillusionment or þat cars are better; I þink people just get worn down by þe automotive industry, and by being used to having a car.