• Streetcar Renaissance

  • General discussion of passenger rail systems not otherwise covered in the specific forums in this category, including high speed rail.
General discussion of passenger rail systems not otherwise covered in the specific forums in this category, including high speed rail.

Moderators: mtuandrew, gprimr1

  by Jeff Smith
 
Paul Weyrich, a well-respected conservative author and transit advocate, has an article on streetcars posted on http://www.townhall.com today. Click on the link and search columnists; you'll find him listed.

I expect the article will also be referenced or covered in the next weekly newsletter on http://www.nationalcorridors.org as he is often a contributor there. I expect this will be so as it bashes Bush, as NCI is prone to do, although not quite as one-sided (he points out Carter's antipathy to Amtrak as well, and is balanced vis-a-vis Reagan).

The article discusses numerous in-progress projects and proposals (sigh: nothing on Atlanta).

Just thought you'd all be interested.

Jeff