RE: US government kick-starts $8 billion in high-speed rail projects
Yippidee-do we have taken the model of the "bridge to nowhere" and extrapolated it into an expensive train to nowhere. I know look at the map there is a starting place and an ending place. I live in Washington State and we have a great local rail system that starts in downtown Seattle and takes you to the airport, almost. It stops at least a quarter mile from the airport. Interestingly the airport was there befor the rail system and the airport did not move. Boy, I am sure impressed-not!Three questions at least fog this idea:
1. How do you get to the train?
2. How do you get from the destination station to where you really want to go?
3. And how much is it going to cost each passenger and maybe more importantly, how much is it going to cost each non-passenger to subsidise this?
Oh yes where are these trains going to be built? Since Europe and Asia is so far in front of us in this I guess we will have to rely on them to build the trains and provide the jobs. Europe was also ahead of us with the SST, Supper Sonic Transport, but how many are flying now?
