tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645218375319169834.post2495422026007980378..comments2024-03-20T15:07:37.059-06:00Comments on The Daily News: Monday Morning Edition - 2456698John Parsonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110501414573322917noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-645218375319169834.post-16789067548730430122014-02-10T08:46:03.346-07:002014-02-10T08:46:03.346-07:00Thoughtful and insightful comments? hmmmm.
From re...Thoughtful and insightful comments? hmmmm.<br />From reading the article it looks like a nice try but 30 mph seems ridiculously slow. <br />Having never been to Oklahoma, my impression is that the state is flat and barren and should provide a direct fast shot between point A and point B. <br />As one of the comments on the newspaper site says, "it's more of a novelty than anything else." It certainly isn't high speed rail like Japan and Europe. On the other hand it's better than nothing. <br />Rail travel opened the West but government subsidies and giveaways for highway construction in the 1950's was the death knell. It's only been within the past 3 decades that people have come to realize that rails ability to move large number of people at a low cost is both practical and environmentally sound. <br />Although recent reports indicate we are driving fewer and fewer miles, whether we can give up our love affair with a car is probably not going to happen.Terry Millernoreply@blogger.com