Perhaps not impossible, but just the environmental impact analyses required
would result in decades of delays.

Can you imagine? The environmentalists would absolutely have a
bird! There wouldn't be ten miles of track laid before some snail
darter or frog or "wetland" was "endangered", and the whole project
would grind to a halt.

Our new (paving in progress) 800-foot runway extension in Iowa City
alone has been 40 years in the making and required three separate
(ever more stringent) EPA studies. We're talking millions of dollars
-- for 800 feet of concrete.

I'm afraid the time to build giant transportation networks in the US
is long past. We have surrendered our government to the special
interests, and the bureaucrats are in command.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"