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"Deportation Unit" SCRAPES Invaders Off The Sidewalk She Decoded A Specific Part In The Bible Status: Not Logged In; Sign In United States News See other United States News Articles Title: $2B for rail projects, speed upgrades announced Source: AP URL Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42954383/ Published: May 9, 2011 Author: AP Post Date: 2011-05-09 11:56:26 by go65 Keywords: None Views: 16943 Comments: 54 NEW YORK — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced nearly $800 million in projects improve rail service in the crowded Northeast. The announcement Monday at Penn Station is part of a $2 billion award going to rail projects in 15 states nationwide. It was money originally awarded to Florida but rescinded after the governor canceled rail plans there. The Northeast's share will be used to upgrade train speeds from 135 mph to 160 mph on critical segments. He says the money will indirectly improve service on other commuter lines by making shared electrical lines and other infrastructure more reliable. LaHood notes the Transportation Department received nearly 100 applications for federal rail money. He says it's evidence the United States is hungry for better rail service. Post Comment   Private Reply   Ignore Thread   Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 22. #1. To: All (#0) Great news - thank you Florida for electing Rick Scott, who's actions have caused your rail money to head to the Northeast instead of creating jobs in Florida. go65  posted on  2011-05-09   11:56:59 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #2. To: go65 (#1) Why spend two billion dollars we don't have on another government fiasco? Just sell AMTRAK to the private sector. Or do you statists just like collecting taxes? Rudgear  posted on  2011-05-09   11:59:27 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #3. To: Rudgear (#2) Why spend two billion dollars we don't have on another government fiasco? Just sell AMTRAK to the private sector. Or do you statists just like collecting taxes? Scott's own transportation department just released a study indicating the rail line between Tampa and Orlando would have been profitable, and would have created jobs in Florida. go65  posted on  2011-05-09   12:02:18 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #5. To: go65 (#3) How many jobs? Short-term construction? We don't have $2,000,000,000 to spend on high-speed rail. SELL AMTRAK if you want rail service! Rudgear  posted on  2011-05-09   12:23:14 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #6. To: Rudgear (#5) (Edited) How many jobs? Short-term construction? We don't have $2,000,000,000 to spend on high-speed rail. SELL AMTRAK if you want rail service! Are you aware that the rail line Scott killed would have been privately operated? Amtrak is profitable in the NE corridor, where Amtrak loses money is on routes that Congress mandates it maintain. If you want to reform Amtrak, let it actually act as a private company and kill off unprofitable routes. go65  posted on  2011-05-09   12:33:41 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #7. To: go65, Rudgear (#6) Amtrak is profitable in the NE corridor, where Amtrak loses money is on routes that Congress mandates it maintain. If you want to reform Amtrak, let it actually act as a private company and kill off unprofitable routes. It's these rural Red State areas that lose us money. The areas where Palin thinks resemble her idea of America are in actuality welfare zones for Blue State money transfers. I am more than willing to cut these rubes off and let them die on the vine. The free market already designated those areas as no go zones. If the Tennessee Valley was profitable, for example, the private sector would have built an electrical generating damn there but they didn't, If not for the New Deal, all those rube hicks would still be reading (those that could read without Federal education money) by oil lamps. Godwinson  posted on  2011-05-09   12:40:47 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #9. To: Godwinson (#7) 43 Amtrak lines. 41 lost money last year. Badeye  posted on  2011-05-09   13:03:58 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #11. To: Badeye (#9) Hummers are pretty unpopular now that gas is at an all time high. When are you going to get smart and sell yours' at a loss too? Ferret Mike  posted on  2011-05-09   13:06:05 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #12. To: Ferret Mike (#11) Hummers are pretty unpopular now that gas is at an all time high. When are you going to get smart and sell yours' at a loss too? Aww Mikey...so silly. Why would I sell it? It gets about the same mpg an Explorer does, and my 'commute' such as it is, is only 10 miles. Whats hilarious is the hidden expense associated with the so called 'green cars'. Not to mention the carbon footprint caused making them. Oh, and that China is making those batteries that have to be replaced what...every five years? I'll keep my H3. Which, btw, is paid for. Thanks for your concern! lmao Badeye  posted on  2011-05-09   13:09:39 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #16. To: Badeye (#12) I travel 12 miles to work and ride a bicycle because that is too short a distance to use my WIndstar for such a purpose. Currently I have the car insurance turned off for the time being and am keeping it parked. I am almost done remanufacturing a Volkswagan Beetle I recued from a field. I bench tested a motor I re-build for it two weeks ago. My last one I had taken by the city for storage on the street when I was working in Portland and just let it go as they wanted 1800 dollars for towing and storage by the time I found out the person I had watching it had let me down. I like them because I can work myself on them, and because as a light plane pilot I have a soft spot for air cooled engines. The Windstar is great, drove it to LA a few months ago and was sold to me for a dollar to aviod the gift tax by a friend who sympathized with me for the loss of my 73 SuperBeetle. My new toy is a 1963 Standard Beetle, and I had to do a complete pan replacement on the body and remove two Mexican steel fenders with used German originals, but it was worth it. I'll sell the Ford this summer and put that one to use next winter. My joking on your prefered car is something you should take with a grain of salt and with some humor. Relax. I have a favorite car too. I even have a collection of all their ads from the 60s and 70s. Some of which are frames and on my wall. Ferret Mike  posted on  2011-05-09   13:23:19 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   #22. To: Ferret Mike (#16) My new toy is a 1963 Standard Beetle, Thats cool. Had a 68 beetle back in the late 70's, then my first VW Kombie (spelling?) Van...had the crank window slats in the back. It was perfect back then. Later in the mid 80's, traded a CJ5 for another one of those vans, did a ton of 'car camping' out of it with my wife. Honestly, I'd love to get another old style VW today. If for no other reason than no computer chips. Badeye  posted on  2011-05-09   14:34:24 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply   Replies to Comment # 22.         There are no replies to Comment # 22. End Trace Mode for Comment # 22. Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest

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