Sunday, January 30, 2011

The Time is Now for High Speed Rail

Derrick Jackson, Boston Globe
WHEN PRESIDENT Obama proposed in his State of the Union address that 80 percent of Americans should have access to high-speed rail within 25 years, he drew laughter by saying, “For some trips, it will be faster than flying — without the pat-down.’’It will be much faster if we end the political pat-down for high-speed rail itself.One promising hallmark of the Obama administration was the $8 billion in stimulus funds and $2.5 billion in subsequent grants to jump start high-speed rail projects. Several key Republicans support high speed rail in principle,...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/01/29/the_time_is_now_for_high_speed_rail_249601.html

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