“The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think ahead to tomorrow.” ThinkingTodayTomorrowPoliticianCriticalSpeedPassagesDesirableRailPassage Of TimeHigh SpeedHigh Speed Rail Author:Anthony Albanese
“America is ready for livable communities. America is ready for high-speed rail.” AmericaCommunityReadySpeedRailHigh SpeedHigh Speed Rail Author:Greg Abbott
“High-speed rail would revolutionise interstate travel and would also be an economic game-changer for dozens of regional communities along its path.” GamesCommunityPathEconomicSpeedDozenRailHigh SpeedInterstateGame ChangersHigh Speed Rail Author:Anthony Albanese
“Instead of basic roads and bridges, infrastructure spending will go to bloated unions overseeing pie-in-the-sky construction projects like the $30 billion-plus high-speed rail line from Los Angeles to San Francisco, which California officials fully expect to be funded.” LinesSkyProjectsUnionsSpendingSpeedBillionsBridgesCaliforniaOfficialsLos AngelesPlusConstructionPieInfrastructureSan FranciscoRailHigh SpeedOverseeingHigh Speed RailConstruction Projects Author:Michelle Malkin
“However little president Obama knows or cares about economics, he knows a lot about politics - and especially political rhetoric. 'High-speed rail' is simply another set of loft words to justify continued expansion of government spending. So are words like 'investment in education' or 'investment' in any number of other things, which serves the same political purpose.” KnowsLittlesGovernmentCarePoliticalPurposePresidentNumbersEconomicsInvestmentSpendingSpeedJustifyPresident ObamaRhetoricExpansionRailGovernment SpendingHigh SpeedInvestment In EducationPolitical RhetoricHigh Speed Rail Author:Thomas Sowell
“Obama wants to build such things as smart electrical grids and high-speed rail lines, which will offer big environmental improvements. Another obvious thing is that large-scale project financing is virtually frozen, so a lot of renewable energy projects are on hold. If the system doesn't get unclogged before the developers run out of cash, they will be cancelled. Money matters, and we are racing against time.” IfsWantMatterBigsRunningEnergyLinesOffersProjectsSmartEnvironmentalObviousSpeedImprovementScalesRacingCashFrozenElectricalRailRenewable EnergyFinancingDevelopersLarge ScaleGridsHigh SpeedObvious ThingsMoney MattersHigh Speed Rail Author:Denis Hayes
“Human needs are served by a sustainable lifestyle, almost by definition, if humans include coming generations. And a shift to such technologies as high-speed rail instead of maximizing fossil fuel use, and solar energy, is not "relentless resource extraction."” IfsNeedsHumansUseEnergyTechnologyGenerationsResourcesDefinitionsSpeedLifestyleFuelFossilsRelentlessFossil FuelRailHuman NeedsHigh SpeedSolar EnergyMaximizingExtractionHigh Speed Rail Author:Noam Chomsky
“What has to be done today is (1) large-scale conversion (weatherizing , etc.), (2) sharp change in transportation to greater efficiency, like high-speed rail, (3) serious efforts to move to sustainable energy, probably solar in the somewhat longer term, (4) other adjustments that are feasible. If done effectively, that might be enough to stave off disaster. If not, then we can give up the ghost, because there are no alternatives in this world, at least none that I've seen suggested.” IfsWorldGivingDoneEnoughMightTodayMovingEnergyTermEffortGreaterThis WorldSeriousGiving UpSpeedDisasterScalesConversionGhostAlternativesEtcEfficiencyAdjustmentTransportationRailLarge ScaleHigh SpeedSustainable EnergyHigh Speed Rail Author:Noam Chomsky
“I do not see how we can rationally oppose high speed rail because of the environmental and other costs without considering the social and human consequences of the radical elimination of transportation that this entails.” HumansSocialCostConsequenceEnvironmentalSpeedRadicalConsideringTransportationRailEliminationHigh SpeedHigh Speed Rail Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think one big improvement would be if we somehow made it cheaper and easier for developing countries to learn from the sad experience of some of the developed countries, and also from some of the positive experiences we have of building good transportation systems, like high-speed rail.” IfsThinkingMadeCountryBigsWould BeBuildingEasierSpeedImprovementMade ItDevelopingTransportationCheaperRailDeveloping CountriesHigh SpeedDeveloped CountryPositive ExperiencesHigh Speed Rail Author:Thomas Pogge
“The "Green" community, the enviro people, are preoccupied with running all the cars differently. Our techno-grandiosity has us gibbering about high-speed rail - which we don't have the capital for anymore - but nobody is interested in repairing the existing rail system, which would be far less costly and hugely beneficial for us. In short, we are acting cluelessly. And life is tragic. The clueless usually suffer.” PeopleWould BeRunningLife IsSufferingCommunityActingCarGreenSpeedTragicBeneficialRailCluelessHigh SpeedTechnoRepairingHigh Speed Rail Author:James Howard Kunstler
“We seem to be committing ourselves to an eye wateringly expensive railroad for the few. High speed rail plan is madness.” SeemsEyePlansMadnessSpeedExpensiveRailRailroadsHigh SpeedHigh Speed Rail Author:Mike Rutherford
“We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways.” WayMovingCitizensSpeedBest WayMoving ForwardHighwaysKeep MovingKeep Moving ForwardRailHigh SpeedCongestionHigh Speed Rail Author:Corrine Brown