This might hurt a little in the wallet!
Posted on 01/27/2010 6:41:40 PM PST by Cindy
Note: The following text (minus the graph) is a quote:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/fact-sheet-high-speed-intercity-passenger-rail-program-cleveland-columbus
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The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release January 27, 2010 Fact Sheet: High Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program: Cleveland - Columbus - Dayton - Cincinnati
Awardees: Ohio Department of Transportation
Total Approximate Funding (entire corridor): $400,000,000
Benefiting State: Ohio
Miles of Track: New - 250 miles
This new corridor connects four major metropolitan areas in Ohio: Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati. This significant route, named the “3C Corridor,” has a length of 250 miles and will serve communities near Lake Erie, in Central Ohio, and the Tri-State region around Cincinnati. These metropolitan areas are among the largest in the United States that are currently not served by passenger rail.
The corridor will connect 12 economically-distressed counties, and the new service will create thousands of direct and indirect jobs throughout the state. The project will also bring livability bene ts to the region, as many new stations will be constructed or restored in historic downtowns where they will connect to transit and other modes of transportation. Nearly 40 colleges and universities lie in close proximity to the route, as do the headquarters of 22 Fortune 500 companies.
The 3C Corridor is expected to be the fi rst phase of a long-term vision for an extensive network of passenger rail corridors connecting the cities of Ohio and neighboring states. Subsequent phases are expected to increase speeds, cut trip times and boost available round trips.
Summary of Corridor Investments Using funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), this new service is expected to o er three daily round trips at speeds up to 79 mph, serving a population of more than 6.8 million people (nearly 60 percent of Ohio’s population).
This investment will fund a number of projects across the state, including track upgrades, grade crossings, new stations, and maintenance facilities. This project will also include planning for necessary equipment that can support future service improvements.
ROFL...Can you say boondoggle?
White Elephants by the herd
The only way that they could get enough riders to make this work would be to require the unemployed to collect their checks in person in Columbus.
and this one will do a big dent in the wallet:
Quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2438282/posts
OBAMA TO ANNOUNCE $8 BILLION HIGH-SPEED RAIL PLAN AFTER STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH
(AP) via CNS NEWS ^ | January 27, 2010 | Julie Pace, AP
Posted on 01/27/2010 4:18:21 AM PST by Cindy
“Obama to Announce $8 Billion High-Speed Rail Plan After State of the Union Speech” Wednesday, January 27, 2010 By Julie Pace, Associated Press
SNIPPET: “Washington (AP) - A day after delivering a State of the Union address aimed at showing recession-weary Americans he understands their struggles, President Barack Obama intends to award $8 billion in stimulus funds to develop high-speed rail corridors and sell the program as a jobs creator.
Obama and Vice President Joe Biden plan to announce grants for 13 major corridors during a town hall meeting in Tampa, Fla., Thursday...”
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
/sarc
$8 billion will hardly get those 13 projects off the drawing board, it will be at least 3 times as much to build them and then they will require never ending operating subsidies.
They’d have to give them a special train fare allowance then.
ping
They’ll fund this, but won’t assist with money to keep the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority from going under?
The Ohio Democratic Municipal Disaster Tour.
I am a resident of the metropolitan Cleveland area. I’d rather drive myself to Columbus or Cincinnati in the privacy of my own car where I can enjoy some peace and quiet rather than being a part of the human cattle car industry.
Wait and see ... Warren Buffett will profit from this railroad spending in one way or another...
I live in Cincy and I have the same thought. It’ll be like the interstate system when it comes to laying it out. The state will have to kick in and the local reps will lobby to have the tracks stop in their ‘burg and village. Adding to the costs and delays in travel.
We’ll see if our future Governor Kasich will derail this plan.
It might work if freight was included, but that would probably require change in regulations, and of course would incur the resistance of the trucking industry. The relief of traffic on I-71 however would be a big improvement.
By the time I drive to downtown Dayton, wait for a train, take it and find a car at the other end it would be quicker, easier and cheaper to just drive to Columbus and Cincinnati. Plus I rarely go downtown in either of those cities. As for Cleveland - why would I go there?
Seriously, it's not quite four hour drive to Cleveland and the train would probably make it faster, but the only routes that make sense for time are Dayton-Cleveland and Cincinnati-Cleveland. Driving from Columbus to any of the other cities is quicker unless you are already near the train station and going somewhere near the station at the other end.
I doubt many of our attorneys would use this between offices because of the rigidness of their schedules.
H E double hockey sticks .. I use to have offices in teh Carew tower and Mt. Adams, until that commie dirtbag news reader luken let the inmates run the assylum. I can’t think seriously of spending time in EITHER Cincy (Detroit South) or Cleveland WITH or WITHOUT a car.
If the world needed an enema, either would be a place of insertion.
I made the mistake of visiting Over the Rhine back in 2005. During the day, it was scarier than anywhere I’ve been in the Bronx or even Newark.
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