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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