"AustinMN" wrote in message
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On Sep 12, 11:53 am, "Matt Barrow"
wrote:
"Dan Luke" wrote in message

The trouble is, we have been too short-sighted for too long to correct
the
situation. The cost to create the infrastructure to support HSR would
make even a congressman blanch.

Congresscritters NEVER blanch when it comes to spending other peoples
money.

I have no doubt that they have unofficial "committees" that just sit
around trying to think up ways to get more of it.


And a whole slew of official ones, too. For instance, the Senate Finance
Committee, as well as whole slew of sub-committees.

And then there's the inevitable cost-overruns as politically favored types
get sugar-daddy contracts. Denver's DIA airport is a great example of cost
overruns and ineptitude. Not to mention the politically favored developers
that got to buy up the land from the old Stapleton airport for really cheap,
after the taxpayers paid for most of the cleanup.

I don't recall the numbers, but Boston's system is a good example of MT
insanity. So are Denver's, Phoenix's and Portland's. From what I can tell,
Portland's was supposed to cost something like $300 million and carry 25% of
traffic (promises...promises), and is now approaching $5 BILLION and
carrying less than 8%. Denver's and Phoenix's are likely to be even worse.

So, imagine that on a NATIONAL scale. Say, a couple $TRILLION?

Just my NSHO.


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Matt Barrow
Performance Homes, LLC.
Cheyenne, WY