Way back at the beginning of March, Governor Doyle visited Spain to learn about/discuss high speed rail. More specifically he was interested in discussing high speed train manufacturing and use ideas from Spain to help the Wisconsin industry. This story was reported on by NPR and has a radio segment as well.
I believe that Spain is a decent model for how Wisconsin and the United States should build and implement our high speed train system. Though most of Spain and Europe have an overall higher population density. areas in California, the northeast, and even parts of the Midwest have high enough population densities to support (ie turn a profit) high speed rail.
Another note in the radio segment is on regional rail. I would love to see regional rail in Wisconsin. Being able to take a train to Milwaukee or Chicago would be great. Also, maybe one day having a train to Janesville, the fox valley, Green Bay, or the Dells from Madison would be great.
Hopefully one day the old GM plant in Janesville will become a modern, high-tech center for rail manufacturing. Hopefully.
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More discussion is apparently being done on the idea of linking Madison, Milwaukee and Chicago via "high tech hover monorails" theres a tid bit of info in Volume One's Daily Shakedown here:
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