| Where are all the high-speed trains we were | | | | they will be able to work with the network to fill in |
| promised? Where is a cohesive transportation | | | | the gaps and actually make more revenue for |
| strategy? With the current price of fuel we need | | | | connecting people to final destinations. More contacts, |
| better and efficient systems to move people; these | | | | competition and intra nation trade means the increase |
| gasoline prices are for the birds or Camels?For years | | | | in the flow of transportation would bring America |
| they have been discussing High Speed Trains, | | | | closer together and stronger. The United States is |
| between Los Angeles and Las Vegas and from | | | | often more representative of a United Countries with |
| Houston to San Antonio to El Paso, Houston to | | | | our myriad of regulations and rules which change the |
| Dallas, Dallas to Austin to San Antonio, Dallas to | | | | second you cross the border into a new state, even |
| Amarillo, Amarillo to Denver, Denver to Kansas City | | | | though we really are one country. Obviously with |
| to Wichita to Oklahoma City to Dallas. Montana needs | | | | Snow serving as Secretary of Treasury these issues |
| a high-speed rail and North, South Dakota, Iowa, | | | | have been studied on this grand scale, especially |
| Nebraska could all benefit from a high-speed rail | | | | considering the decade of railroad consolidation during |
| system. Connecting the Mid West to all of the Texas | | | | his time at the Helm of CSX. With roads in need of |
| markets and Texas to Los Angeles and Florida to | | | | repair and traffic getting to be a major issue and our |
| Texas through the Southern States could vastly | | | | expanding population, we need to look ahead on |
| improve transportation and travel in this country. It | | | | these serious issues. With magnetic levitation and |
| would not hurt airlines. The discount airlines; such as | | | | air-cushioned technology there is no reason we could |
| Jet Blue, South West, America West, Air Tran; would | | | | not build a great network inexpensively that would |
| continue to do well and time factors would be a | | | | have the speeds necessary for rapid movement of |
| reason to fly the long hauls or coast-to-coast routes. | | | | people. Now is a good time to start getting more |
| Discounters can cut price and stay in business due to | | | | serious about high-speed train travel; we have done |
| the business model used as a major part of their | | | | enough studies, we need more action. We must plan |
| overall growth strategy;Greyhound Company might | | | | ahead and head off the disastrous consequences to |
| suffer in the beginning from a National Network of | | | | the economy of from Supply and Demand issues to |
| high-speed rail in the US, but that bus line is now | | | | move people by automobile. Think about it. |
| owned by a Canadian Company anyway; eventually | | | | |