Just saw this on Slashdot about the High Speed Trains

Considering that Slashdot is usually way left in its political
orientation the comments here surprised me. Almost nobody supported the
idea of high speed trains - or low speed trains either. The fact that
trains cost almost the same as air travel and take way longer should
explain that.

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| Obama Calling For $53B For High Speed Rail
| from the lyle-lanley-approved dept.
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 09, @18:31 (Transportation)
|https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/02/09/2149253/Obama-Calling-For-53B-For-High-Speed-Rail?from=newsletter
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Antisyzygy writes "President Obama is calling for $53B to be appropriated
for the [0]construction of high-speed rail in the United States over the
next 6 years. Assuming Congress approves this plan, the funding would be
spent on developing and/or improving trains that travel at approximately
250 miles/hour, as well as spent on connecting existing rail lines to new
developed high speed lines."

Discuss this story at:
https://politics.slashdot.org/story/11/02/09/2149253/Obama-Calling-For-53B-For-High-Speed-Rail?from=newsletter#commentlisting

Links:
0.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g-fkRSr2t_1GTjVdJyrU6fZEGhsg?docId=bea2225a54794a4dbd7eeec4d3247acb

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