4.22.2011

Ain't no stagecoach

Riled about rail: Why all the anger over high speed trains? - CNN.com

(CNN) -- "Stop the Train" was, literally, a rallying cry for post-Tea Party Republicans this past November.

Newly elected GOP governors in Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida have canceled already-funded high speed rail projects.

Much of the opposition to rail projects appears to stem not from economic arguments, but from fundamental cultural values on what "American" transportation should be.

 

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