Obama plots huge railroad expansion
Railroads made Chicago, and now a Chicago-rich White House wants to return the favor: remaking rail with a huge new federal investment in high-speed passenger trains. Full Story »
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Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Feb 17, 2009 - 9:25 AM PST
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Kaizar Campwala - Feb 17, 2009 - 9:25 AM PST
A good story that looks at a massive piece of spending that hasn't gotten much consideration elsewhere in the media. Not much of a cost benefit analysis, which would have been very helpful.
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Very little of the article weighs national needs or cost and benefit values of a rapid passenger rail system; the implication that a tawdry freight system must continue to lose importance is counter-intuitive in an energy expensive future. Instead attention is focused on political posturing and maneuvering. Basic elements of the story are unclear; how much rail will $10 billion deliver?, why are rail companies uncooperative?, did Reid get $ billions for an LA to LV rail line?, are Republicans against it unconditionally?
For our coming energy-short future it is absolutely essential that semi-trucks take to the highways only where rail isn't operable, after small lines, long abandoned, are restored. I don't understand why rail companies are hostile to passenger rail, but haven't been aggressive in updating their freight service either.
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