California Receives High-Speed Rail Funds Rejected By Florida

Amtrak and rail projects in 15 states are being awarded the $2 billion that Florida lost after the governor canceled plans for high-speed train service, the Department of Transportation said Monday.

The largest share of the money -- nearly $800 million -- will be used to upgrade train speeds from 135 mph to 160 mph on critical segments of the heavily traveled Northeast corridor, the department said in a statement..

Another $404 million will go to expand high-speed rail service in the Midwest, including newly constructed segments of 110-mph track between Detroit and Chicago that are expected to save passengers 30 minutes in travel time.

Nearly $340 million will go toward state-of-the-art locomotives and rail cars for California and the Midwest. California will also get another $300 million toward trains that will travel up to 220 mph between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

http://www.ktvu.com/news/27825419/detail.html

;-)

I mean, what has Florida got besides "Burn Notice"?

Several cruise lines launch out of Cape Canaveral, as well as the shuttle launches.

I've been to Disney World, and been on a cruise out of Cape Canaveral to Nassau and back.
LOVED the Big Red Boat, the Oceanic!!

What an enormous loss for Ohio too..We know why it was rejected....republican governor couldn't stand Obama helping America...helping Ohio.

Just don't send it by rail. :)

California. I love to ride Amtrak.

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110510/UPDATE/110509032/Eugene-snares-1-5-million-federal-rail-money?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Home


EUGENE — The city of Eugene has snared $1.5 million of the $2 billion in federal high-speed rail money divided up nationwide.
The awards announced Monday divvied up money that had been designated for a now-canceled rail line in Florida.
Eugene will put the money toward its planned $25 million expansion of the downtown train station. The Register-Guard says that expansion will include a new rail siding and a raised passenger platform.

Being able to take a train from LA to SF!

The ride from LA to Santa Barbara is great, unfortunately that is as far as you can go. Watch out San Louis Obispo, Pismo, and SF, us SoCals will be all over the place when this goes through.

Our new stuff isn't as good as their old stuff?!?!?!


Gosh, Thanks, Thanks a whole fucking lot!