BOB2 Wrote:
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> Max,
>
> When it comes to any kind of transportation
> policy, the national government, in Washington
> D.C. has bee useless for the last 40 years,
> essentially since the end of the interstate
> construction. It is not a result of any recent
> changes. The FRA's handling of the HSR funds was,
> and continues to be, a complete disaster. Amtrak
> has never had adequate funding, nor any real
> "plan" to provide "first world" rail passenger
> services.
>
> We had a chance to pass a significant
> transportation bill under Jim Oberstar, back in
> 2009, but it was effectively blocked by Barbara
> Boxer, because she hadn't figured out where the
> "tits" where, to hook up the campaign fund
> "milking machine". So the problem is
> "bi-partisan", not just the fault of one party.
>
> The State and Local agencies are responsible for
> what decent services we have in CA, Oregon, and
> Washington, and these have been neglected over the
> past ten years in CA, to pour money into the
> "sinkhole" at the CHSRA runaway money train.
> Meanwhile, the LA-San Diego rail line (2nd busiest
> rail line in the US and just 200 km apart) is
> still a largely single track railroad, operating
> relatively slow and very limited IC service
> levels, while paralleling the busiest, slowest,
> and most congested intercity freeway corridor in
> the US.
>
> The fact is that there is no real leadership of
> any kind on transportation issues in Washington,
> from either party, neither from the White House,
> nor Congress for years, and I expect nothing much
> to change. And, this latest hullaballoo over the
> "infrastructure" initiative is just another cruel
> hoax on the American people, and just another
> "photo op" for posing politicians, which will
> likely produce nothing of any consequence, anytime
> soon.

Bob, your post needs to be plastered on every site. However there will still be those that will just say it is Anderson's (or whoever might be CEO) fault.