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Americans want what the Europeans have: fast trains, fast railroad tracks, and great roads. Of course, the Europeans pay taxes to get them. It seems they prefer to spend their tax dollars on more infrastructure than for more bombs. They also pay more taxes. We need to get on track! A good place to start is to build a parralegram I have mentioned before of high speed rail from New York (Northeast) to Chicago (Midwest) to Dallas (Texas) and to Atlanta (Southeast) with a leg down to Miami (Florida). This would connect the four major population centers east of the Rockies, and slice through 90 percent of the states east of the Rockies. Most of the area east of the Mississippi River would be within a 200 mile trip of this high speed rail network (backbone). The distance is around 4,000 miles, times around $20 million per mile, would equal $80 billion. Of course, I would not end there. I would continue to build another 4,000 miles of high speed rail after this starter network was built. By then everyone east of the Mississippi River would be within 100 miles of high speed rail. More than likely 90 pecent of the population would be within 50 miles. If electrifying the track is too expensive, I would settle for something less, but for nothing less than the Jet train of 150 mph. Just this alone could cut the price in half. Some say it won't happen. Maybe not today, but in twenty years the private railroad companies tracks won't handle the increased traffic. They are near capacity already. Obviously, since they can't afford to maintain the tracks they have today, it will be up to the government to fund new tracks, for both passenger and freight. Well, at least that is the opinion of the Texas Department of Transportation. Check out their web site of the Trans Texas Corridors (eye opening to say the least) http://www.dot.state.tx.us/ttc/ttc_home.htm
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