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WOW. These results are wildly different than my poll about distances around 500km:

https://prodromou.pub/@evan/109855866780546735

...and the one around 200km:

https://prodromou.pub/@evan/109790441129698185

I think there are two reasons for this.

First, there's a threshold between 500km and 1000km where train travel becomes significantly uncompetitive on time compared to air travel; 2x or 3x the door-to-door time commitment.

Second, I changed the phrasing of my question. Instead of, "What is your preferred mode of travel...?" I asked, "What mode of travel did you choose last?"

I think this cuts down a lot on the social desirability bias in responses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social-desirability_bias

For me, the last trip I took of this distance was a family wedding in New Jersey. We drove down in our electric car. It was harder than we expected; the availability of chargers in the Adirondacks was pretty lacking.