hwood007

Stimulus Puts Railroads on Fast Track to the Future

Now trains make money moving freight but ony in a few places do they make money moving people. High speed trains will not work on current rails but low speed trains would and could reduce the carbon our foot print. I lived in Berlin and train/subway traffic reduced auto traffic by a large amount. Years ago, we allowed passengar trains to disapear because we would not support them with tax dollars and now we want to try an support high speed trains with tax dollars. If we do that, the amount of dollars is going to be much greater than you think. I can remember when my father would conduct a passenger train, but he mostly was the freight conductor as passenger trains went out of style. Atlanta has 700 sq miles and is a traffic night mare. You can not get down town from the burbs by subway and auto traffic is a mess. You can drive to a station near the city, park, and take the subway to town. A lot of carbon gas could be saved if we used rail service a little more.

Stimulus Puts Railroads on Fast Track to the Future

I lived in both Asia and Europe for years. One of the few things that work better in Europe than America is trains transporting humans from one place to another. We do not like to give federal money to trains, but I use to take a train from DC to Roanoke VA several times a year. Think of how "green" that trip was compared to the same number of people driving their cars between the two locations. Trains look greener to me than trucks or cars.