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Posted by Doodlebug (Member # 4564) on :
 
President Obama announced his high-speed rail proposal today at the White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/04/16/A-Vision-for-High-Speed-Rail/ .

I took two things away from it on a quick first read:
Full strategic plan at http://www.fra.dot.gov/Downloads/RRdev/hsrstrategicplan.pdf
 
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
 
Here is additional national media coverage:

Wall Street Journal - staff reporting

New York Times - staff reporting

Associated Press courtesy USA Today

Well, I'll give the Administration credit for setting forth where they believe the "$8B for HSR" under ARRA '09 should be allocated. Unfortunately, as any of us who follow railroad insustry affairs can attest, such an appropriation will not go very far.

Understandably, it must be allocated nationwide.
 


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