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]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/52639/investment-advice-for-the-next-decade-trains-infrastructure/comment-page-1/#comment-229749 DLS Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:35:45 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=52639#comment-229749 Railroads, yes, perhaps, if energy gets more expensive (not that we should want our governments to stupidly pursue this as an objective) and corridors get more intensively used. As for personal transport (inter-city transport, notably), don't anybody rush to be naive and unrealistic, again, insofar as high-speed rail transportation is concerned in the USA (with a lower population density and greater distances to span than in Europe or Japan). No naivete', no blissful ignorance, no exploitation of such for political gain by those wanting anything with the label "high speed rail" to be attached it should be respected.<br><br>Incidentally, these are expenditures, not "investments" [rolling eyes], and the most that could be stated with a straight face that passes minimal muster is that these might -- might -- be called "commitments."<br><br>And high-speed rail these days is 300 kph (186 mph) and upward. No "90 mph high speed rail" BS, thanks. Railroads, yes, perhaps, if energy gets more expensive (not that we should want our governments to stupidly pursue this as an objective) and corridors get more intensively used. As for personal transport (inter-city transport, notably), don't anybody rush to be naive and unrealistic, again, insofar as high-speed rail transportation is concerned in the USA (with a lower population density and greater distances to span than in Europe or Japan). No naivete', no blissful ignorance, no exploitation of such for political gain by those wanting anything with the label “high speed rail” to be attached it should be respected.

Incidentally, these are expenditures, not “investments” [rolling eyes], and the most that could be stated with a straight face that passes minimal muster is that these might — might — be called “commitments.”

And high-speed rail these days is 300 kph (186 mph) and upward. No “90 mph high speed rail” BS, thanks.

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