On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote:
> And yet the federal government sends the overwhelming bulk of national > infrastructure funds to states, not metros ... Money that could be > fueling the metro economic engine ends up widening a rural highway. > http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2009/0311_metro_katz.aspx ~ I'm sure metro has it's issues but that doesn't mean rural highways need to take the back seat. Making a road wider as an example does help congestion, and every one has traffic issues. Although I wonder if this doesn't bridge the two right here. The argument up here right now is that a high speed railroads. http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/03/09/daily4.html The planthe states first formal rail initiative in 22 yearswould open the door for higher-speed rail from Albany to Niagara Falls by adding a third track and increasing travel time to 110 mph, from the current 79 mph, over the next 3-5 years building new train stations and creating the nations first green rail fleet, Paterson said... New York is grappling with a $14 billion deficit and does not have money for the project. However, Paterson said New York will compete for a portion of the $9.3 billion in federal stimulus funds allotted for high-speed rail. He acknowledged that while the state is ready to submit an application as soon as the feds outline a submittal process, there are no guarantees... -- C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291898 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
