Saturday, January 28, 2012
"High-speed rail, the third-fastest way to Chicago!"
High-Speed Rail has such a favorable sound to it.
Unfortunately, actual facts seem to question it's feasabilty...
Unfortunately, actual facts seem to question it's feasabilty...
At TwinCities.com, Joe Soucheray has a really informative article as to how it actually works out:
"E.R. Companion, of Eagan, writing to the editor in Sunday's Pioneer Press, wondered why our elected officials would commit to spending billions of dollars for a so-called high-speed rail line from the Twin Cities to Chicago. (Well, because they're nuts.) Companion was referring to a story that appeared Jan. 12 featuring the idea that the Minnesota Department of Transportation has begun studying environmental impacts along the 400-mile route, which would take passengers to Chicago, through Milwaukee, in an advertised five hours and 30 minutes.
Companion wondered what was high-speed about that, and I could not agree more with his sentiment. Or maybe her sentiment.
That advertised time doesn't take into account the before and after times, the hassle clock, which Companion expertly detailed."
