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I'll reserve any comment on what I think of this opinion piece and just post it because the author takes an interesting take in criticizing HSR, one I haven't read before (or at least remember)
Op-Ed Contributor/The New York Times
Fast Train to Nowhere
By RICHARD WHITE
Published: April 23, 2011
Stanford, Calif.
IT is hard for liberals like me to find good news in the latest agreement to cut the federal budget, but there is at least one silver lining: subsidies for high-speed rail have been sharply reduced. Why is this good news?
In his State of the Union address, President Obama compared high-speed rail to the 19th-century transcontinental railroads as parallel examples of American innovation. I fear he may be right.
full article at link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/opinion/24white.html
Op-Ed Contributor/The New York Times
Fast Train to Nowhere
By RICHARD WHITE
Published: April 23, 2011
Stanford, Calif.
IT is hard for liberals like me to find good news in the latest agreement to cut the federal budget, but there is at least one silver lining: subsidies for high-speed rail have been sharply reduced. Why is this good news?
In his State of the Union address, President Obama compared high-speed rail to the 19th-century transcontinental railroads as parallel examples of American innovation. I fear he may be right.
full article at link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/opinion/24white.html