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To: SilentZ who wrote (358900)	11/17/2007 3:01:34 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573908

>The Lautenberg-Lott Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act, designed to completely overhaul the system, may reach the Senate floor this session. The legislation would commit $10 billion over four years to develop high-speed, short-haul rail corridors modeled on the European city-to-city routes. They could run between Washington, D.C., and Charlotte, N.C.; Portland and Seattle; Chicago and Detroit; Miami and Jacksonville, Fla. It's not enough. We should be spending $100 billion on this. I agree but when you realize that Bush tried to cut off all funding last year and is down to $800 million this year, $10 billion looks like a $100 billion. Its hard to sell trains when few Americans have ridden a fast train. One ride and you would have people clamoring for more.