Sunday, May 23, 2010

Sunday Train: Getting Ohio's 3C Line Into Cincinnati

by BruceMcF

Burning the Midnight Oil for Living Energy Independence While EnergyFreedom Transport is an issue that has been brought back onto the "front burner" (so to speak) ... ... there has been ongoing work on this front ever since the supply-drive oil price shocks of the 70's and 80's. Ohio won $400m in competitive HSR funding from Stimulus II, to do the first work toward a 110mph Triple-C corridor, supporting a starter Amtrak-speed service at first and then building toward a 110mph. But it aint 3 C's without Cincinnati, and getting into Cincinnati is tricky.

continued at Daily Kos....