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Using the models we discussed in your HSR diary DoDo:
If it is easy to implement, I'd suggest you refine your model with these next simplest assumptions: give 40 km/25 miles and 10 minutes each for the acceleration and deceleration phases (the latter is in reality much shorter, but let's have buffer for city entrances), calculate the rest at maximum speed, if you're a bit bolder, 220 mph (which is a bit under the 360 km/h max for the next generation of Shinkansens), accept half-hour distances as minimum. Final point: what about Houston-NOLA, St. Louis-NOLA, Jacksonville-NOLA? All seem to be within the scope of your rules (and all would be great to serve some major sub-million cities along the way, too).
If it is easy to implement, I'd suggest you refine your model with these next simplest assumptions:
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