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A new purpose for Amtrak? What do you think?
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Was just thinking off the top of my head. If 200 Billion is going to be spent to reconstruct the region, wouldn't it be smart to provide for effective, safe evacuation the next time the region is hit? If it turns out to be a castle, they won't have to worry about building a moat. <br /> <br />Seeing those bird's eye view photos of row after row after row of city school buses sitting in flood water in NO that could've been used to get people without cars out to higher ground is grim. <br /> <br />Wasn't thinking in terms of today's mostly derelict rail property and equipment. Instead, of how rail might be an effective tool for the architect/designer/engineer in creating something new that's better. <br /> <br />Taking the rose-colored railfan glasses off leaves a view of a linear junkyard of stuff that looks only useful for keeping obsolete stuff working. Hope there's someone out there that might have vision for something better.
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