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...airline food, regardless of the quality, used to cost passengers nothing. In a 2009 Zagat airline survey, only 19% of respondents said they would be willing to pay for snacks on domestic flights. George Hobica of Airfarewatchdog shares their reluctance. "I went on Amtrak's Acela train and had this lime mousse that was so good, I tried to make it at home," he says. "If they can do it well, why can't airlines...
Today you can travel the 250 miles from Paris to Lyon on the high-speed TGV in two hours. Covering a similar distance from Philadelphia to Boston takes some five hours, and that's on an Amtrak Acela train, the closest thing the U.S. has to high-speed rail. "Every other major industrialized nation has recognized that high-speed rail is key to economic growth and mobility," says Petra Todorovich, director of the America 2050 program at the Regional Planning Association. "It's time for America to realize that as well." (See the most important cars of all time...
According to a news release detailing Amtrak's plans for 2010, several other improvements are also coming to the Acela trains later this year—including leather seats and improved tray tables and outlets...
...Acela Express, which connects Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C., takes less time than regional trains but is often more expensive than buses or other trains...
...FlyBy certainly appreciate Amtrak's efforts. But even with all these newfangled additions, the Acela Express still might not be worth all that extra cash for us poor college students...