usatoday.com - 1/9/2009
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The statement by Alex Kummant came during a presentation on the federally funded railroad's capital needs. During the hearing, members of the House transportation committee expressed frustration about the lack of truly high-speed rail service in the U.S. The closest thing Amtrak has to ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/9/2009
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
John Judis has an article expressing skepticism that
Barack Obama’s stimulus is of the right size and...
nature to meet our present challenges that winds up touching on a subject near and dear to my heart— high-speed rail : One area that is ...
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The High-Speed Rail Stimulus?
forcechange.com - 1/9/2009
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The High-Speed Rail Stimulus?
Matthew Yglesias —
... One area that is ripe for such investment–and that is not, from what I have seen, a declared priority of the Obama administration–is high-speed rail. Amtrak’s Acela trains–the closest thing we have to one–average less than 100 mph between Washington D.C. and Boston, whereas ...
If John Judis is right, we really are hosed
Megan McArdle —
... One
area that is ripe for such investment--and that is not, from what I
have seen, a declared priority of the Obama administration--is
high-speed rail. Amtrak's Acela trains--the closest thing we have to one--average less than 100 mph between Washington D.C. and Boston, whereas ...
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