tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post1452583390685575659..comments2023-10-25T06:13:28.265-04:00Comments on The Conservative Wahoo: In Which I Disagree with Robert Samuelson on High Speed RailThe Conservative Wahoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17818674434286683162noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-6730615414965256212009-08-25T18:30:35.244-04:002009-08-25T18:30:35.244-04:00I'd like to see more notches.I'd like to see more notches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-53299972841146340402009-08-25T09:45:56.788-04:002009-08-25T09:45:56.788-04:00One of my Utopian dreams (may I utter the "U-...One of my Utopian dreams (may I utter the "U-word" here?) has to do with a High-Speed Rail system. This system is for freight, human and otherwise but allow me to concentrate of the non-human freight, usually just called freight.<br /><br />I'd love to see long-haul truckers off the road. I have nothing against them; them being the trucks and those performing the driving. What I'd love to see replacing the current picture is a freight system in which everything moves by rail. The trucks you see on the road would be to move goods from the railhead to a distribution center and trucks which deliver from this center to the consumer/store/etc.<br /><br />I know this is being done today and has been ongoing for years and years. It just needs to be stepped up a few notches.Doc Milnamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14859084898805569831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-61379261010610568172009-08-24T10:52:49.805-04:002009-08-24T10:52:49.805-04:00But what do YOU think, RT?But what do YOU think, RT?The Conservative Wahoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818674434286683162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591018003444406729.post-30586180210957297212009-08-24T10:47:54.006-04:002009-08-24T10:47:54.006-04:00Interesting 4-part series on NY Times Economix blo...Interesting 4-part series on NY Times Economix blog by Ed Glaeser - cited in the Samuelson piece.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/n37vmt<br /><br />One of the commenters provided a link that calculated cost in 2008 dollars of the interstate highway system:<br /><br />http://historical.whatitcosts.com/facts-interstate-highway-system-pg2.htm.....https://www.blogger.com/profile/12230073445030888549noreply@blogger.com