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Train Love: We Need It
Feb. 25th, 2009 02:56 pmWired: What the Stimulus Means for High-Speed Rail
International Herald Tribune: Letter from America: Ignoring trains puts U.S. on the wrong track
Boston Globe: Will stimulus funds put rail on the fast track?
For some odd reason, the day after that non-State of the Union, the issue that I'm hung up on and listlessly wishing would actually get the attention and funds it deserves isn't health care or education or any failing industry's stimulus. No, I'm deeply saddened by the Republican response's mockery of trains and proposed rail systems. Not only did the Republican response to the president's address try to make a bridge-to-nowhere joke about the prospect of a high speed rail system in this country, it cited an example that isn't even on the proposed list of rail systems! Though, I think they could do worse than a bullet train to Tomorrowland. Would it be so bad to connect Vegas to CA via high speed train? Maybe not Vegas straight to Anaheim, but how about LA? Isn't that one of the most traveled short air routes in the states? Wouldn't that save all sorts of fuel and reduce air traffic? Wouldn't a casino sponsored high speed train route make for a great prototype? Why does that deserve to be written off? What is so bad about that idea?
International Herald Tribune: Letter from America: Ignoring trains puts U.S. on the wrong track
Boston Globe: Will stimulus funds put rail on the fast track?
For some odd reason, the day after that non-State of the Union, the issue that I'm hung up on and listlessly wishing would actually get the attention and funds it deserves isn't health care or education or any failing industry's stimulus. No, I'm deeply saddened by the Republican response's mockery of trains and proposed rail systems. Not only did the Republican response to the president's address try to make a bridge-to-nowhere joke about the prospect of a high speed rail system in this country, it cited an example that isn't even on the proposed list of rail systems! Though, I think they could do worse than a bullet train to Tomorrowland. Would it be so bad to connect Vegas to CA via high speed train? Maybe not Vegas straight to Anaheim, but how about LA? Isn't that one of the most traveled short air routes in the states? Wouldn't that save all sorts of fuel and reduce air traffic? Wouldn't a casino sponsored high speed train route make for a great prototype? Why does that deserve to be written off? What is so bad about that idea?
