MA: The Mideast High Speed Rail Expansion Act (Signed)

[Hatman 🍁]

Expanding alternative transportation methods is definitely a good thing, so I thank you governor for focusing introducing this legislation.

I would like to point out there appears to be a missing word in section #2:

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I am hesitant about opening up the rail lines to private companies, although I let that stop me from supporting this bill. I wonder if any of my Labor colleagues have any opinions on this?

Finally, these projects often cost vast amounts of money, but they are worth every dime in my opinion. I wonder if we can compensate the costs by deterring people from travelling via motor vehicle between the same cities via tolls? (I would exempt commercial vehicles and any vehicles that are powered by alternative forms of energy from this)

[Hatman 🍁]

How would tolls reduce the convenience of travel when we would have high speed rail lines? Ideally the tolls would only be instituted upon the completion of the high speed lines.  Also, the tolled highways would only be the one's following the rail routes.

But absolutely we should stop funding highway expansions in the areas being replaced by high speed rail.

[Hatman 🍁]

It would reduce convenience when rail isn't going to be everyone's preferred mode of transport.

Oh no, how terrible. Driving gasoline powered motor vehicles is contributing to climate change which is much more inconvenient, for the planet. (An "inconvenient truth" if you will). People will have to make sacrifices for our environment, and this is one example.

[Hatman 🍁]

Why not just have it follow the interstates?

[Hatman 🍁]

Aye

[Hatman 🍁]

aye