The good: Congress passed the stimulus bill, which contained around $8 billion for high speed rail projects in the US. Also, Amtrak is set to receive around $1.3 billion.
The bad: Public Transportation was not so lucky, falling short of what is necessary, but still received $8.4 Billion.
The ugly: Our representatives and senators who believe funding for rail is pork. Namely John Boehner (R-OH).
I wonder if Rep. Boehner knows about the Midwest High Speed Rail Association? Does he realize that the funding in the stimulus bill could go to his district? Probably not, for both questions.
(As a side note, the article about Republicans upset about rail spending notes that David Obey (D-WI)supports funding for the arts.)
UPDATE: I'm not the only one ripping on Rep. John Boehner:
-California High Speed Rail Blog
-Transport Politic
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