[Diddle E. Squat]

Complete waste of money. BWI is already served by commuter trains and Amtrak. Baltimore and DC are already connected by those, also. In fact there are two commuter rail lines between the cities, which could be upgraded for faster and more frequent service for about 1/40th of the cost.

Zero federal dollars to such duplicative waste.

[The Old Hoosier]

"Clearly, we're racing the clock, because they are going to start building that rail up to Dulles," said Sen. John A. Giannetti Jr. (D-Prince George's), a strong proponent of the project. "If we don't connect Metro to BWI, we're not going to remain competitive."

Ah, yes, one bad idea begets another.

They already have a cheap bus that goes from Greenbelt to BWI every 20 mins and is never full. No need for this at all.

[CedarDave]

Another waste of state and federal money is Richardson's Railroad, running an empty commuter train from Belen (pop. 6,901) to Bernalillo (pop. 6,611), New Mexico. Democrat and wannabe presidental candidate Governor Richardson not only purchased three trainsets, but the whole dang BNSF railroad from Belen to the state line north of Raton.

Video here (music, at least, is nice):
Richardson's Railroad Video

[Boiler Plate]

Just where is the Amtrak train station in relation to the BWI airport terminal? The answer is "a long way". Next is traffic conditions on 95, 295 and 29 are terrible and not going to get better.

Personally, I am all for this and see it as long overdue.

[gathersnomoss]

Are you saying that you don't like the way the feds spend their money? You should worry about your own finances and keep your nose out of the feds.

Pedro should be here any moment now to cut my lawn. I must go.