re: #140 lawhawk

I’ve been following this for some time as have a few others, and about $50 billion is for several tunnel projects (around NYC - Gateway ($13-15 billion) a similar project near Philadelphia.

The overall cost of $151 billion is spread out until 2040 and that works out to around $5 billion a year in spending across the NEC. There are those who think those costs are overinflated and major improvements to the NEC could be done at a fraction of the cost by addressing speeding up commuter trains instead of building more track, upgrading catenary lines (power systems) at a faster rate, and shortening construction times.

Thanks for the links. I’ve been half following this. IMO, rail service is another one of the things, like health care or gun control, where the US is light years behind the rest of the world.

Costs always need to be controlled, but sometimes I think the bigger battle is fighting the average American’s lack of enthusiasm for public transportation. I’d love to be able to hop on a train and be in NYC in less than an hour.