December 19, 2009 • 9:09 am 2
This analysis hits on some of the reasons I have been putting a lot less into this blog lately. In a nutshell (and I am suddenly struck by the unintended irony of the word “nutshell”) good transportation policy is equal to socialism in the new American political reality.
Infrastructure Politics Veering Right | Autopia | Wired.com.
Filed under: Passenger Rail Politics, Passenger Rail Transportatio Policy
December 19, 2009 • 9:02 am 0
December 19, 2009 • 8:59 am 0
The Heritage Foundation warned us this kind of thing could happen!!
About 2,500 passengers were trapped overnight in the undersea Channel Tunnel linking France and Britain on Saturday after four trains broke down due to freezing weather conditions, rail operator Eurostar said.
Passengers suffer on stuck trains in Channel Tunnel | Top News | Reuters.
Filed under: International High Speed Rail
December 19, 2009 • 8:56 am 0
Some analysis from Illinois.
The Republicans’ High-Speed Rail Dissonance | Progress Illinois.
Filed under: Passenger Rail Politics, United States High Speed Rail
December 19, 2009 • 8:54 am 1
This has some of the same names as the Texas High Speed Rail Corporation: Maurine Dickey from Dallas Count and Bill Jones from Temple. No Dean corporation connection apparent. I worry about Texas. This group has a a privately funded model in mind. Lots of luck.
Nonprofit formed to help bring high-speed rail to Texas | Local News | Star-Telegram.com.
Filed under: Passenger Rail Transportatio Policy, Regional USA Passenger Rail
December 19, 2009 • 8:49 am 2
Did Mica misspeak? Perhaps. Let us hope Florida gets not one dime of HSR money. Florida politics looks about as backwards as Arkansas.
Streetsblog Capitol Hill » Four Finalists For White House High-Speed Rail Funding?.
Filed under: Passenger Rail Politics, United States High Speed Rail
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