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[quote user="blue streak 1"] I really did not want to give this cite because I cannot give the exact date.  There was a long article in the Wall Street Journal saying that it has been found that there is a significant rise in pollution related illness near automobile locations.  the locations are places like traffic lights, parking lots, etc.  I cannot give the exact date or a copy of the article I feel that a conservative publication like the WSJ gives it more credence. [/quote] Several similar studies have been done in Texas during the time that I have lived here (36 years).  Whilst I lived in Dallas I was within a stone's throw of LBJ Freeway (I-635).  Researches found that children in particular who lived near the expressway, now more like a parking lot, have elevated traces of lead, as well as other nasties, in their blood stream.  It was one of the factors that led to the discontinuance of lead additives in gasoline. Moreover, the research also contributed to the requirement to change the formula for gasoline sold in Dallas during the summer to reduce Ozone, which is bad for anyone with respiratory problems. Whether trains, especially high speed trains, help reduce air pollution is debatable.  There are many variables to consider.  My gut reaction is they do if the load factors are high and the operating conditions minimize dwell times.  However, those justifying trains, especially high speed trains, as the best transport option to reduce air pollution, overlook the fact that the competing technologies are also cleaning up their act.  That is what I was trying to say with the post regarding the cleaner airplanes coming along shortly. I will be in Baltimore and Washington next week.  I will be going to New York for a day.  I will be taking Amtrak from Baltimore to New York.  But I am a bit odd, and so too is the NEC.  Most Americans, at the end of the day, are going to stick with their cars, at least for the foreseeable future.  I don't believe that will give them easily. They are too convenient.  And for the family they are still the best economic choice in most instances.
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