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<p>[quote user="Paul_D_North_Jr"]</p> <p>Just a brief data point to hopefully illuminate this discussion a little bit:</p> <p>News reports around the Philadelphia, PA metro area today touted the start of construction of a major upgrade to US Route 202 between Swedesford Rd.</p> <p> </p> <p> <img src="/TRCCS/emoticons/icon_smile_soapbox.gif" alt="SoapBox" /> The deep and bitter irony here, of course, is that Rt. 202 is paralleled the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">whole</span> length of this road project by <span style="text-decoration: underline;">both</span> the ex-PRR Main Line which now has <span style="text-decoration: underline;">both</span> intensive SEPTA commuter service and moderate Amtrak Keystone Corridor service; ... <img src="/TRCCS/emoticons/icon_smile_sigh.gif" alt="Sigh" /> </p> <p>- Paul North. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Paul,</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why do you consider it a bitter irony?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is the alternate outcome that you would have expected?</span></span></span></p>
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