[Leisler]

High prices, poor service, negligible speed difference, government stimulus taxpayer raping.

Socialism. China. The US. Same same.

[jimt]

Willie ? Oh, Willie ?

Another triumph of pubic transit on display. And you want to inflict it on us, too ?

[Onelifetogive]

Willie...you missed this one apparently!

[Leisler]

Maybe Willlie hasn’t heard of the Internet?

HIGH SPEED RAIL
Learning From Service Start-ups, Prospects for Increased Industry Investment, and Federal Oversight Plans. United States Government Accountability Office
Report to Congressional Committees.

(the GAO report arguing that federal high-speed rail plans were hastily drawn up and not well thought out. Unfortunately, the GAO mainly looked at high-speed rail as a part of the stimulus package and not on their own merits.( well, the GAO paychecks come in every two weeks too, so you can’t expect everything.))

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10625.pdf

[Col. Bob]

If you build it, they won’t necessarily come.