Even with I-76 (then I-80S) and I-80, the DZ was very attractive to
passengers. When you get to trips over 12 hours, you got to stop and
sleep. On the DZ, I could do that and still be moving.
I really do not like to drive. Now my wife does so I can ride when
we take our trips to Nashville from OKC; these usually take 12 hours.
Now back to Tulsa. If one could get a travel time down to 2 hours, I
believe the train could compete with the car. The Turner turnpike is
not as safe as the train, and traffic congestion makes the drive
exhausting. In fact, Wednesday, I have to go to Tulsa for a meeting
and I will be riding with someone rather than driving myself.
sjl
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Russell Strodtz" <vlbg@e...> wrote:
> sjl,
>
> Interesting comment about Oklahoma. Exactly where in the
> United States outside the Northeast Corridor, where freight
> has been banned, could you find any route that could compete
> with the Turner Turnpike?
>
> Even with a 70 mph or so station to station schedule the
> parking and transition to different transit modes at each
> end would eat up any slight travel time advantage. This is
> also presuming that your only goal is to get from St Louis
> or Tulsa to Oklahoma City.
>
> The appeal of the American highway system is that it offers
> many possible routing options and all at a reasonably rapid
> rate of movement. Before my mother and most of my wife's
> relations passed away we made the trip from Texas to the
> Twin Cities or the area along the river fairly often.
> Usually went from Oklahoma City over to Joplin on the way
> up and via Kansas on the way back. Liked the variety and
> it always seemed like the roads in Kansas City were set up
> better to do it that way. Even during the peak of American
> rail passenger service I doubt very much I could have gotten
> from a whistle stop South of Fort Worth on the MKT to a
> whistle stop Northwest of La Crosse on the CB&Q in around
> 15 hours.
>
> Russ
>
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