The best summation of "high speed rail" that I've heard yet
01/29/10
"This isn't smart public policy, this is a 'Simpsons' episode"...
This is more accurate than you know. They say "high speed" and you immediately think of Japanese bullet trains. Except that's not even remotely what we're talking about. This "high speed" rail means about 30mph faster than Amtrak. All at the cost of about $1.3 billion that, considering our $14 trillion national debt, we just don't have.
It's a pipe dream and a boondoggle. An unforgivable waste of money.