hk wrote:
thunder wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:54:24 -0500, BAR wrote:


This highway work should have been occurring for the last 40 years due
to it being funded by federal gasoline and diesel taxes.

Yup, there's been lots of infrastructure neglected. Hopefully, this
stimulus package will kill two birds, get the economy moving again,
and fix our crumbling bridges, and roads.

And get a start on real high speed rail.

There is a reason why passenger rail travel and buss travel has almost
disappeared in the USA.

The cost of travel by high speed rail will have to be less than the cost
to fly.