Posted on 05/12/2011 12:24:59 PM PDT by sand lake bar
DETROIT — The federal government on Monday awarded Michigan roughly $200 million toward a high-speed rail project that within three years is expected to shave 30 minutes off of a trip from Detroit to Chicago.
The grant was part of a 15-state, $2 billion disbursal that ties into President Barack Obama’s broader goal of connecting 80 percent of Americans to high-speed rail in 25 years.
The majority of Michigan’s funding will go to the development of a 135-mile, high-speed stretch between Dearborn and Kalamazoo, part of the federally designated “high-speed corridor” between Detroit and Chicago. Maximum speeds on the stretch would reach 110 mph.
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This is GREAT! Now DNC thugs and ‘bag men’ can deliver payoffs and bribes to union stooges in even less time than before! This is GREAT! Imagine the welfare losers being able to use food stamps for train fare so that they can purchase large amounts of grass and crack in BIG D and get back to Chi-town to catch a Sox game! This is GREAT!
Once Detroit is emptied out, what will the train be used for?
Hmm...$300 or free ride....$300 or free ride? Let me think. Ok, I’ve decided.
Actually, I’m against this. We just can’t afford it right now.
See? It’s a helping kind of thing!
“The Amazing Jungle Ride!”
not that long
more like 2.5 hrs MAX
In other news, lots of your money was pissed away by the federal government.
Post of the day.
A plane makes the trip in far less time and does not require the infrastructure investment.
Sure you can drink while you ride but you can also get rolled by the gangbangers who will own this line in no time.
One of the beauties of automotive travel is that you don’t get stuck sitting next to someone who smells badly, passes gas frequently, talks endlessly, or sing rap music for the whole trip. John Rocker was right.
281 miles? In 2.5 hours max?
Besides, this just DNC walking around money. By the time the eminent domain suits work their way through the courts, the environmentalists fight the path of the rail through a mosquito bog (gotta protect the mosquitoes), etc., etc.
Or Zero could issue an executive order and it will be done tomorrow. (/sarc)
Well, yeah to all that, but I once “got lucky” on a train.
if there are a thousand people that go from Detroit to Chicago daily, and it is financed by ticket prices, that works out to be a surcharge of less than 10 dollars a ticket.
It certainly could have been financially self-financing.
If that were the case it would be worth the cost but it isn’t. Most of the murder and mayhem would be committed against black people in Chicago and the Democrats don’t care about them. They would still oppose CC.
Even if this expenditure of money achieves everything promised, the trains will be no faster the the Detroit Arrow operated by the Pennsylvania and Wabash railroads 80 years ago (with steam engines and without subsidy).
What happens at either end when you have to drive?
Take a cab? Take a nap? I can only have two drinks—over a four hour period that keeps me legal.
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