[net-gold] TRANSPORTATION: RAILROAD: PASSENGER: Riled About Rail: Why All the Anger Over High Speed Trains?
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- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:10:34 -0400 (EDT)
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TRANSPORTATION: RAILROAD: PASSENGER:
Riled About Rail: Why All the Anger Over High Speed Trains?
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Riled About Rail: Why All the Anger Over High Speed Trains?
By Steven Harrod, Special to CNN
April 21, 2011 10:10 a.m. EDT
CNN Opinion
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/04/21/
harrod.high.speed.rail.trains/?hpt=T2
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Editor's note: Steven Harrod, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of
operations management at the University of Dayton and specializes in the
topic of railway operations management. He has traveled more than 25,000
miles, coast to coast, on Amtrak, and throughout the rail networks of the
United Kingdom, Western Europe and Eastern Europe.
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(CNN) -- "Stop the Train" was, literally, a rallying cry for post-Tea
Party Republicans this past November.
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Newly elected GOP governors in Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida have canceled
already-funded high speed rail projects.
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Much of the opposition to rail projects appears to stem not from economic
arguments, but from fundamental cultural values on what "American"
transportation should be.
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A perusal of online commentaries about passenger rail stories reveals a
curious linkage by writers between passenger rail and "European
socialism."
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Never mind that the majority of European passenger rail operates on a
commercial basis.
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Many critics of passenger rail emotionally identify it as an enabler of
cultural values they fear.
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Passenger rail is symbolic of many changes in our lives.
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High speed rail around the world
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Interactive map: Proposed high-speed rails For example, passenger rail
inherently requires central administration. After all, trains cannot
depart from a station without authority from a central dispatcher. This
very need for central authority is unique to rail and frightening to those
who yearn for an individual freedom from authority.
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'Urban' areas vs. small towns
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Second, a passenger rail project labels a route as an "urban" corridor,
and provides the infrastructure and incentive for even more urban
development.
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Third, most opponents to high speed rail simply have no experience on
which to base their opposition. Those wishing to "Take America back"
frequently glorify America between the Eisenhower and Reagan
administrations, the peak of automobile enthusiasm in the United States.
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A typical middle-aged voter knows of passenger trains only from movies
like "Silver Streak" or "North by Northwest."
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Rail vs. highways
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Finally, particularly in the case of Florida, the tax-saving arguments
against these projects ring hollow.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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U.S. high-speed rail 'myths' debunked
From CNN.com staff
April 13, 2011 8:06 a.m. EDT
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/04/13/
high.speed.rail.fact.check/index.html
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(CNN) -- Are proposed multibillion dollar high-speed railway projects in
the United States a smart move or a huge waste of taxpayer dollars?
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CNN.com users are challenging politicians, policymakers and each other
about whether the Obama administration's push to build high-speed rail
lines in the Midwest, West Coast and elsewhere is on the right track.
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Many users want proof that high-speed rail can be a profitable, efficient
job generator to help raise the sagging U.S. economy when compared with
other types of transportation.
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Read how federal budget cuts have slashed high-speed rail funding
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/04/13/high.speed.rail.cuts/index.html
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Experts -- including the two most powerful congressional lawmakers on rail
issues, think-tank specialists and policymakers at the Department of
Transportation -- have directly responded to CNN.com user comments.
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Covered in this article:
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Profitable?
Overseas jobs?
Highways cost more?
Helping mid-sized cities
Budget overruns?
Jobs: Rail versus roads
Cleaner? Safer?
What about buses?
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Comment: "There are a thousand much better, much cheaper ways to move
people than rail. How about a fleet of hybrid buses running in HOV lanes
with stops at the same stops that rail would have had? Move the same
number of riders at a fraction of the cost and with more flexible times."
-- CNN.com user "dawgdays"
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Expert response: It depends
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Longman at the New America Foundation: "There are certainly specific
places where buses will work better than rail. These are generally where
travel distances are short and there are low volumes of riders."
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Efficiency: "But because of the low friction of steel wheels running on
steel rails, railroads are inherently more energy efficient, less
polluting, and less expensive to operate than any vehicle carrying the
same load using rubber wheels."
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Speed: "Railroads are also potentially much faster than buses, easily
reaching speeds of 150 mph, which is particularly important for being
competitive with driving for more than short distances."
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