The News of the Rails
Published February 26, 2009 @ 11:25PM PT
NPR has a new piece out on California's high speed rail system.
"Among the winners in the $787 billion stimulus package that President Obama signed into law last week are backers of high-speed rail. The legislation included $8 billion for fast trains in the U.S. — the most ever allocated for rail at one time."
Meanwhile the result of this discussion is having negative effects on the local communities where the trains line is proposed to go through.
The Almanac: "High-speed rail: Palo Alto residents join revolt."
Palo Alto Online: "Tunnels to be considered for high-speed rail"
And so it begins. Thoughts?
America needs high speed bullet trains that travel between major metropolitan cities. In Califonria we recently passed a proposition to connect SF and LA with a bullet train that can get a person from one city to the next in th...
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