December 28, 2006
REAL CONSERVATIVES:
Tories back 300mph levitating trains for UK (David Millward, 28/12/2006, Daily Telegraph)
Conservative support for a high speed rail project strengthened yesterday, with the party commissioning a detailed study into the cost of building a network linking major cities across the country.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 28, 2006 11:36 AM
300mph trains: The Interstate Highway System for a New Generation.
(It's also pretty funny to see someone who decries big gov't transportation programs that serve millions of people get all sweaty and giddy over a big gov't transportation program STUDY.)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at December 28, 2006 11:52 AMColor me unimpressed. The rolling stock will probably be built in France Brazil. Would you really ride on it, oj???
Posted by: Kirk Parker at December 28, 2006 8:53 PMColor me unimpressed. Surely the rolling stock will be built in France Brazil, so would you really ride on it, oj?
Posted by: Kirk Parker at December 28, 2006 8:57 PMAll transport is always a government boondoggle. Trains serve social ends. Cars are atomizing.
Posted by: oj at December 28, 2006 8:57 PMWait till somebody put something on, or blow up part of the track. I'd rather fly.
Posted by: ic at December 29, 2006 2:13 PMUnited 93?
Posted by: oj at December 29, 2006 2:21 PM"[music]Monorail. . .Monorail. . .Monorail."
Posted by: Lou Gots at December 29, 2006 3:26 PM