Vice President Biden announces comprehensive high-speed rail plan

[Willinois]

Great blog post by DOT Secretary Ray LaHood, who was once my Congressman. This is an important part of the bigger strategy to reduce greenhouse gasses and reliance on oil.

Dreaming big, building big; Vice President Biden announces comprehensive high-speed rail plan

Two weeks ago, President Obama delivered a powerful message. To win the future, the President said, we must dream big and build big.

That's why it was such a privilege yesterday to join Vice President Biden in Philadelphia to announce our comprehensive plan to help the nation reach President Obama’s goal of giving 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail within 25 years.

There are some things our country cannot afford to shortchange--and one of them is infrastructure. Why? because our economy depends on it.

The President is proposing to invest $53 billion over the next six years to continue construction of a national high-speed and intercity passenger rail network. This will help jump-start a new American industry and create tens of thousands of private-sector jobs even as it builds a 21st century foundation for our economy.

[Cha]

I so hope we're able to get this..sooner rather than later because the cons want Pres Obama to fail so they throw out the canned "deficit!" at every turn.

The cons didn't mind the deficit when bushcheney was blowing up Iraq and spending our money to restructure what they destroyed.