Topic: Congrats to Denver

[Jack Morris]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050620/ap_on_re_us/congested_colorado

I'm sure some of us from Cali and Texas can attest that new highways and stuff are just a BS answer to a growing problem (unless we have another world war to cut down population) as they take YEARS to build and by that time the roads are still behind the game. There is no way for roads to be expanded in Austin, it's just not a viable option anymore. This fast train system would be a Godsend. I could very well live with a train going where I need to go stopping by every 10 or 15 minutes and automobile traffic is not allowed on the downtown city roads. 

[Capt_Bearslayer_XC]

*sigh* 

Congradulations, you have just brought yourself a 'choo-choo' train that will be tax payer subsized and never goes away. 

The only problem is that it won't solve the problem that it was made to fix.

And just so you know, it may be a 'fast train' but when it stops ever mile or less it cuts your over all speed down to about 10-15 mph.

Subway systems are a fine thing, but rural or suburban to urban train systems are not worth their cost and have yet to make a dent in traffic from rural/suburban areas to cities.