[Alberta's Child]

The infrastructure is not really there. The horizontal alignment for high-speed rail would have to be different, and there are a whole bunch of bridge and tunnel sections that would make an elevated maglev system on the current alignment completely impractical.

I'd be willing to bet that no private company would ever get involved in such a project, even if the government gave them the right-of-way at no cost. I don't think this service would have enough riders to justify the enormous cost of building and operating it.

[mazda77]

1960; There is no way we would be able to get to the moon in ten years, no way. It is impossible.

I distinctly remember that at 7 years old. I sat with my grandfather in July of 1969 as we watched Neil Armstrong culminate the “impossible”, in 9 years. Point of interest to all of you glass is half full crowd; as a state Senate Page, he was there to witness the “impossible” events at Kitty Hawk in 1903.

Keep selling us short and that is all you get, sold short. We can do anything we put our minds to and making sure that everyone is a part of the effort, it will get done.

[RKBA Democrat]

Stop bringing logic into this. There are billions of dollars in payola at stake.