This is Why Regional and High-Speed Rail is Going to be a Thing

A sampling of complaints from people I follow on Twitter, not in the planning/urbanist biz, about air travel, from today alone:

If I'd known I was going to spend going-on seven hours meeting strangers at an airport bar I woulda worn a cuter outfit.

— katiebakes (@katiebakes) June 8, 2014

So let's see. Pilot decides not to show up, three hour delay times approximately 180 passengers equals 540 hours of life wasted.

— Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) June 8, 2014

That moment when you're happy your air travel wasn't so bad so as to prevent you from watching Game of Thrones tonight in your hotel room.

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) June 9, 2014

As air travel becomes more and more of a horribly unpleasant, unreliable hassle, and highway congestion inexorably increases, people are going to start looking for alternatives. The only question is whether we make our intercity transportation system grind to a halt before recognizing that, or whether we can catch ourselves before the crash.