A blog post at NYTimes.com yesterday talks about the likely incoming House Transportation Committee Chairman, Rep. John Mica (R-FL). Unlike other Republicans, he's not interested in killing high-speed rail outright but rather redirecting its funding elsewhere.I still think the Regional Hubs identified by the White House make sense and the incoming Wisconsin Governor does need to think twice about whether or not it makes business sense to sever the link between Chicago and Minneapolis that will run through his state. It's likely to generate quite a bit of revenue and I still stand behind my initial assessment that it's nothing more than political posturing for an election and not an actually policy decision that will be made.
Or at least I hope so, because I'd really like to arrive in Milwaukee one day in a train station that looks like the rendering of the proposed Milwaukee station pictured above.
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