High-speed rail would revolutionise interstate travel and would also be an economic game-changer for dozens of regional communities along its path.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If we could do high-speed rail in California just half a notch above what they've done on the Shanghai line in China, and if we had a straight path from L.A. to San Francisco, as well as the milk run, at least that would be progress.
States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities.
We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways.
Australia has an economic interest in ensuring our cities have 21st century urban rail transport to reduce traffic congestion.
Cities can become the engines that fuel our nation's growth and prosperity, and they can be wide gateways for families to achieve their own American dream of prosperity.
My vision for the future of social transportation is one that places more value on information and community over a physical product. Move over, multi-billion-dollar high-speed rail infrastructure and welcome, social information-based solutions.
Everywhere I go, I see incredible examples of communities that have a vision for transportation and how it will impact the quality of life, mobility, economics and opportunity.
The reality about transportation is that it's future-oriented. If we're planning for what we have, we're behind the curve.
You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.
America is ready for livable communities. America is ready for high-speed rail.
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