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This is an ambitious and needed plan. It sets out a vision for rail transportation in the Northeast for years and decades to come. Some will rant over the cost - without pausing to truly reflect on the time frame involved or the real return on investment. The cost is a drop in the bucket compared to any number of items on the Pentagon's list of expenditures or our government's current corporate welfare (aka subsidies and tax breaks).

We woefully underspend on our nation's aging infrastructure and plans like this give us to opportunity to change that. Given our love affair with both the automobile and air transportation, we seriously lag behind other developed nations in realizing the central place of railroads for both transportation of people and goods. One hundred years ago we led the world in this respect - but now we need to play catch up.

I can't wait to see this built!

by bhobbs63 on Jul 25, 2012 3:47 pm • link • report

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