Tuesday, March 15, 2011

When Rail Becomes Ridiculous

Megan McArdle, The Atlantic
I often find it hard to convince environmentalists that I really am a rail buff who likes dense, walkable development, and the planet.  If that's so, they ask, why do I spend so much time harping on the problems with high speed rail?My answer is that I wouldn't harp on the problems if the advocates of high speed rail advocates wouldn't make such glaring mistakes.  Like, say, the Tampa-to-Orlando high speed rail project.  No matter how much you love trains, and the planet, I think you ought to be skeptical about projects like this.  A...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/03/15/when_rail_becomes_ridiculous_252058.html

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