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To: i-node who wrote (800497)	8/9/2014 1:28:22 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583412

From the article you posted: Liberals often argue that America is well behind Europe when it comes to train travel, but having a vast rail system in the United States makes a lot less sense. Europe is much more densely populated and its major cities aren’t as spread out. Somebody who takes a train from Barcelona and Paris can easily get around once in Paris without a car – but that isn’t the case in Los Angeles. Actually that is no longer the case in LA. LA now has the second largest mass transit system in the country with one/soon to grow to two/ subway lines, several commuter lines, numerous light rail lines and the second largest bus system in the country: And for the first time in 70 years, LA has an important center...........a downtown area where over 50K people live and that number is growing significantly every year. DC, SF, Chicago and Boston all have significant mass transit that make it fairly easy for tourists to traverse. Cities as diverse as Seattle, Portland, MPLS, San Diego, and Denver are developing mass transit at a rapid clip. Furthermore, all those cities are seeing significant growth in their center city populations. Cities like Portland, Seattle and Vancouver are actually seeing a growth in downtown school populations and are opening or proposing new schools in their downtown areas The only cities still sprawling at a rapid clip tend to be southern and southwestern cities. Maybe those are the cities to be avoided when it comes to hi speed rail. Furthermore, to many people when they think of hi speed rail they envision a line that goes straight from NY to LA. I agree such a line doesn't make sense. However what does make sense are two lines that go between NY and Chicago with stops in Pittsburgh, Cleveland Columbus, Indianapolis, and Buffalo...and then on to Denver, SLC, SF or LA.. A line that goes from DC to St Louis/Kansas City with stops in Cincy, Louisville. That train too would go on to Denver, SLC, SF or LA. Shorter routes to the key hub cities would be fed by slower trains or buses. Cities like Denver, Chicago, NY that are hubs for the airlines would be hubs for the trains as well. And just for the record when taking a hi speed rail say from Paris to Marseilles there are stops in cities like in Lyon. I have taken it..........the HSR in Europe are rarely non stops..........they always have intermediate stops. And yet, they are still very convenient and fast. And when all of Europe is considered it is not that much smaller than the US.