High-speed rail systems to come to the U.S.

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Post April 16th, 2009, 6:03 pm

This is probably the most excited I've been about anything Obama has done so far:

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President Obama on Thursday highlighted his ambition for the development of high-speed passenger rail lines in at least 10 regions, expressing confidence in the future of train travel even as he acknowledged that the American rail network, compared with the rest of the world’s, remains a caboose.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/us/po ... .html?_r=1
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Post April 16th, 2009, 6:03 pm

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Post April 16th, 2009, 6:14 pm

Now i can say that's about time.
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Post April 17th, 2009, 12:52 am

Wow! Now that is Newsworthy! People have been asking for this for a long long time.
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