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DaveinOlyWA said:national high speed train system; 1.5-2.5 trillion. yea, that is a lot but still only a half dozen years of oil cost. add a trillion and we could reduce truck traffic on roads by 70%. no more long haul trucks. they would all be local, driving less than 200 miles, home for dinner every night and no more worrying whether that trucker next to you has had enough sleep.
I'm a fan of high speed rail but it isn't about freight. Rail freight is already alive and well in the US.