Posted on 09/11/2009 8:10:54 AM PDT by Born Conservative
(apologies for changing title; title on website won't fit)
$28M? In (my home state of) Pennsylvania, that ought to be good for, maybe two miles of rail...
Yep. A big white elephant
My thoughts exactly. Maglev is expensive. $28 million won’t pay for tap water on a project like that, although i must say I find it exciting. Intercontinental rail could go a long way to saving energy - trucking needs to start declining.
LOL You are exactly right!
You wish. On a project like this, $28 Million won't cover the design phase. This is a $25BILLION project. ++
NO train in the US has been a “economic boom” since around 1885
That’s OK. Fast Eddie will issue all maglev passengers hitchhiking permits (at a nominal charge), so they can complete the trip fr/the ‘Burgh to Philly w/o increasing their carbon footprint.
“This $28 million award is the most significant development in the 29 years we’ve been working on Maglev,” Senator Specter said.
29 years! And people want the gubmint in charge of healthcare.
“$28M? In (my home state of) Pennsylvania, that ought to be good for, maybe two miles of rail...”
Agreed. I grew up in Philly and still visit quite often. $28 million? $28 billion I’d believe.
Anyone think about the cost of cutting through the mountains, for example?
The train to nowhere - both ways.
hahahaaha 28 Million to get to Greensburg? Please, its cost them close to $500 MILLION to add less than a Mile to the Pittsburgh Subway System. There is no way in hell they’ll get a maglev from the airport to greensburg, they won’t even get it downtown for that.
I am not inately against high speed trains, but the idea that 28 Million in this state would do anything other than MAYBE pay for another study is comical.
You can’t put up a stop sign in this state without spending $10,000 on a traffic study first.
Is there even any market for this route? (not that it matters to the politicians)
“$28M? In (my home state of) Pennsylvania, that ought to be good for, maybe two miles of rail...”
You’re correct. They’re building an extension of the subway in Pittsburgh underneath the Allegheny river that is less than 1 mile in length, and the cost is at least $1/2 Billion.
that’ll pay for a mile or two, then what?
gee, you mean I would be able to find myself in West Philadelphia in less than an hour? Are they building this to move ACORN thugs around more efficiently?
$28 million will be just enough to get the union bosses together to talk about the project. In Las Vegas.
“Is there even any market for this route? (not that it matters to the politicians)”
I doubt it. Is the Pitt/Philly business traffic that much? They’d have to charge a fortune to maintain it. Flying will once again be the cheaper alternative.
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