RE: Amtrak's high-speed rail vision for 2040: New York to Washington in 96 minutes
I take the Acela every other week, DC to Newark, NJ, about 2.5
hours. Regional is 30 minutes longer. Cut out some of the dinkier
stops and it'd far faster, but also less able to pick-up / drop-off
passengers and less relevant to some of its ridership. I am dead set
against pouring HSR money down a hole.