High Speed Trains

[sfc_oliver]

Did anyone truly expect to get one here? I know I didn't.

[Towntalk]

For those who were cheering the high speed trains portions of the stimulous bill read this and weep ... ya ain't gonna get 'em.

Slice of Stimulus Package Will Go to Faster Trains

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/us/20rail.html?hp

"That money will not be enough to pay for a single bullet train, transportation experts say. And by the time the $8 billion gets divided among the 11 regions across the country that the government has designated as high-speed rail corridors, they say, it is unlikely to do much beyond paying for long-delayed improvements to passenger lines, and making a modest investment in California's plan for a true bullet train."