Cleveland Real Estate News

Yes, it’s with our money but so what? I think it took me a full 24 hours to actually believe this happened. Here is the transcript from the White House website, outlining the Obama/Biden declaration that high speed rail is the way of the future for the United States.

Some quotes from Obama:

“ What we’re talking about is a vision for high-speed rail in America.  Imagine boarding a train in the center of a city.  No racing to an airport and across a terminal, no delays, no sitting on the tarmac, no lost luggage, no taking off your shoes.  (Laughter.)  Imagine whisking through towns at speeds over 100 miles an hour, walking only a few steps to public transportation, and ending up just blocks from your destination.  Imagine what a great project that would be to rebuild America”

This is another favorite of mine:

“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.

And that’s why today, with the help of Secretary LaHood and Vice President Biden, America’s number one rail fan, I’ve been told — (laughter) — I’m announcing my administration’s efforts to transform travel in America with an historic investment in high-speed rail. ”

The first step is of course to increase rail traffic on existing rail lines or even new ones at ‘normal’ speeds. But then we can move forward to high speed!

Remember the numbers from the Ohio Hub study?  We could expect more than 15,000 jobs just from the direct work needed on rail issues and many many more jobs due to economic development/construction that springs up because of the rails. This is a great day….sunny, warm, with exciting economic possibilities for Ohio along the rails!  Yeay!  Peace out  3C