RE: California high-speed rail route approved
If a high speed rail link from LA to Las Vegas was built that would get a WHOLE lot more use than what is proposed.
Two weeks ago the Head of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano was quoted that eventually everything done at airports will be applied to rail traffic, ships and bus lines so a 3 hour rail trip goes up to 5.
""Appearing on the Charlie Rose show on November 22, Napolitano said, ?Terrorists are going to continue to probe the system and try to find a way through.?
She added, ?I think the tighter we get on aviation, we have to also be thinking now about going on to mass transit or to trains or maritime. So what do we need to be doing to strengthen our protections there??"
So forget any advantages that trains have now.
The biggest way to make trains pay for themselves is for the Federal government assign rights to an Indian tribe so that while it is moving they can have casinos on board regardless of state laws - since all rail is paid for by Federal money it would trump any state laws. Then they would pay for themselves.
