I agree with shua in part on this bill. I think outside of building these facilities, we need to give people incentives to use them. As it stands, it is cheaper to fly from NY to Washington than it is to take a high speed train. How will demand for these rail systems be such that they will make financial sense in the future? Especially obscure lines in the midwest, where mass transit is very sparse outside of Chicago and a few other places? We could conceivable build these and watch them be money losers for a long, long time.
How do we create demand for these things? I don't know.
People won't have to put up with full body searches if they take Atrack.
The line wouldn't be to get people to Des Moines and Omaha (although they are very nice cities
), it would be more to get folks from those cities to Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Chicago and Milwaukee. Those cities actually have a tourism draw, so that's why I propose adding a handful of medium cities to the lines.
