Originally Posted by
spin88
Once High Speed rail runs from LA to SF, and then up to Sacramento, it will reduce much of the current west coast shuttle flights which take up much of the landing spots.
HSR is about as much of a pipe dream as a new airport. Even if built as proposed, it would be an almost 3 hour trip and I'm skeptical it would really hamstring commuting by air where the time is much shorter. I think the real problem is that, unlike the NYC/DC corridor, there really is no convenient place in LA to get off a train that beats an airport.