This might hurt a little in the wallet!
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.
/sarc
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...
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.
And...the best benefit of all???? Assure that Ohio will be in the Oboy’s re-election corner.
look Look! LOOK!!
There goes the ACORN Express!
Correct me if I'm wrong but did the evil robber barons (Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Charles Crocker, Edward Harriman, Leland Stanford) build the railroads only to be vilified by politicians later.
Having driven the Columbus-Cleveland route serveral times , my take is this.
If it weren’t for the semis there would be little to low normal traffic.
As it is it’s mostly trucks.
So, expensive rail will be provided to those who do not have the money or a reason to ride. This is becoming more 'Atlas Shrugged' all the time.
AMTRAK II: The Sequel.
This is too funny. Greyhound already serves this “corridor.” And frankly, Greyhound, a private business, provides better transportation between these cities than flying or Amtrak does.