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I place all the credit to Roger Snoble. Some of his old television ads (quicktime) are still at the DART web site at http://www.dart.org <br />They will like him in LA too. <br /> <br />But did you notice that the federal government has paid for most of the DART construction? Part of that $7 billion each year DOT spends on buses and rail systems across America. What is bad though, is that some of these funds go to people mover systems at large airport terminals, on top of what the airports receive from DOT, you know, the $11 billion a year. <br /> <br />I bet if I checked out your Portland rail system's web site, it is probably being built with federal funds too. Why are some people against DOT building intercity high speed rail for the same amount of money each year that the DOT spends on innercity rail and buses? <br /> <br />Ed, where are you? The more one looks at how much DOT is spending elsewhere, one wonders why DOT don't spend more for intercity trains......and Amtrak...... <br /> <br />Most of the opposition is against government ownership of intercity trains, yet, I hear nothing about innercity trains, and buses..... <br /> <br />I have only asked for $4-5 billion a year, I should be asking for the same $7 billion. <br /> <br />I do not think traveling 6 hours, 900 miles, by high speed trains is too long for most of us. As far as I am concerned traveling 12 hours by high speed trains is not too long to get to New York City? From Dallas, mind you. And that is about as far as my plan would take.....since this is the longest two sides of my high speed rail corridor parralegram..... I have driven further than 12 hours in a day.... <br /> <br /> <br />
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