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Posted by Charles G on Wed Aug 27 20:18:04 2008, in response to Re: Amtrak may Lengthen Acela Express Trainsets to ''Meet Demand'', posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Wed Aug 27 18:47:48 2008. We could always, gasp, buy the property from their owners at slightly above fair market value. I mean, that's how we built those magical strips of concrete and asphalt, and high speed rail ROW isn't that wide...Indeed we could, but recall that the Interstate Highways were built before the property around them had much value. The land is much more expensive today -- due in no small part to the construction of those highways. There is cheap land out there, but for the most part it isn't where HSR would be most effective. |
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