For some time now, I have been a proponent of high-speed rail. It is a great idea for what I will call recreational travel, but it doesn’t work all that well for business travel.
I used to fly out of O’Hare to LaGuardia quite often to meet with clients. I would leave my home at 4;30 AM and take a limo to O’Hare for a 6:00 AM flight, I could be into downtown Manhattan by 10:00 AM New York time. I could have four hours of meetings plus lunch and be home by 8:30 PM. I would not be able to do that using HSR.