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The case for NOT building high speed rail
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Core_Models
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"The average American will ride these trains less than 60 miles per year, or about 1/70th as much as the average American travels on interstate freeways."
I stopped reading there, honestly, because that's pretty much a completely imaginary figure.
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rus
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Well, there seems to be a funding problem with 3c...
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wirestory?id=9690757&page=1
Not much was mentioned about Ohio's cost to keep the trains running. Amtrak estimates that Ohio is looking at a $17 million annual operating subsidy.
The state has many options to line up funding before trains begin operations in 2012, said Matt Dietrich, executive director of the Ohio Rail Development Commission, the state agency overseeing the project.
In its October application for stimulus funding, the agency said the Ohio Department of Transportation has room in its budget to provide about $8 million, and the rest could be covered through other means, such as train advertising, food and beverage services and federal grants.
This is also a topic on all sides today as well... might be worth a listen.
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michaelcoyote
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lifeontwowheels
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gramarye
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Tenzo wrote >>
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