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Thursday, April 16, 2009

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High-speed rail, right here, in Kansas City

Posted by Justin Kendall on Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:20 PM

President Obama is talking high-speed rail, right here, in Kansas City. See, we're even on this nifty map.

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KC would be part of the "Chicago Hub Network." Obama sounds hopeful that the $8 billion in the Recovery Act and $1 billion a year for five years in his budget will get the project started. Obama said:
There's no reason why we can't do this. This is America. There's no

reason why the future of travel should lie somewhere else beyond our

borders. Building a new system of high-speed rail in America will be

faster, cheaper and easier than building more freeways or adding to an

already overburdened aviation system -- and everybody stands to benefit.

The plan is ambitious but intriguing.

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actually a train ride to Chicago is about 7 hours and tickets are $50 one way with no searching and luggage limits.

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Posted by meesha.v on April 16, 2009 at 7:38 PM

I don't like it. I love it!!!

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Posted by benkrakh on April 16, 2009 at 4:49 PM

Please God, make this happen. I would never drive/fly again to St. Louis or Chicago.

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Posted by smh on April 16, 2009 at 4:18 PM
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