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[quote user="blue streak 1"] Our great friend congress infant MICA has introduced an admendment that the folowing news item claims would prevent HSR ( Acelas ? ) from stopping in Connecticut. <a href="http://www.courant.com/opinion/editorials/hc-ed-fast-train-must-stop-here-20150306-story.html">http://www.courant.com/opinion/editorials/hc-ed-fast-train-must-stop-here-20150306-story.html</a> [/quote] "........which is subsidized in most parts of the world."  This argument is the refuge of the intellectual lazy!   The case for subsidizing high speed rail in the United States, however it is defined, should be based  on an optimum solution for the U.S.  What is the best solution for the U.S. is the key question.  Other countries may have some best practices that are worth considering, but at the end of the day the solution should be structured to meet the needs of the U.S. People in other countries are not going to pay for a new NEC passenger rail system.      A new, 450 mile high speed rail system between Washington and Boston would cost mega billions.  Where will the money come from, especially for a nation with a government debt burden of 119 per cent of GDP?  The nation has not been able to scrap up the money to build new North River tunnels let alone a 450 mile high speed railway.
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