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Yes, it will take some time to build the high speed rail lines. It took DART seven years to build its 23 mile starter line in Dallas, half of the time was spent doing the engineering and drawing up the plans before any construction began. Therefore, it is imperative that we get started... the sooner the better... But as Kay Bailey Hutchison has noted, the plan must be national in scope. Frankly, she is getting frustrated attempting to improve service in Texas. Mr. Gunn's five year plan left the nation with crumbs, all of Amtrak's efforts are spent only improving the infrastructure of the northeast corridor. Well, that ain't good enough... As I have repeated there is no support in Congress for just a northeast corridor railroad. It is about time Amtrak got that message loud and clear. The citizens and taxpayers of Texas want to know why trains go over 100 mph in New York and go 30 mph in Texas? Here is Kay Bailey Hutchison speech in full: http://hutchison.senate.gov/speec347.htm She isn't even advocating what I consider high speed rail. She is advocating something like 100 mph using the current trainsets and engines. But 100 mph would get someone from Dallas to Chicago in 11 hours, better than the 24 hours it takes today.... from Dallas to San Antonio in 4 hours, better than the 9 hours it takes today... She is actually taking the cheap route: improving some 23,000 miles of the freight railroads tracks to something what they should be already... I believe we would be better off if we got off the freight railroad tracks and spent some more funds for 7,000 miles of dedicated passenger high speed rail.
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