The curtain goes down on U.S. high speed rail

摘要

I'm going to go out on a limb — but not a long one — and declare an end to the era of high speed trains outside the Northeast Corridor, just two years after that era began. Yes, kaput. I am amazed how abruptly it ended, how enthusiasm and political backing for the $10.5 billion federal government program simply dissolved. Voters in the elections last November gave high speed rail no support at all. In two states, Wisconsin and Ohio, Republicans campaigning for governors vowed to stop the high speed rail projects under wav in their states and won.