re: Dedicated passenger train from Baton Rouge to New Orleans "3-5 years away"

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They need to be spending money on a loop for BR instead of this stupid bullshite.

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Read the plan. 80% of the money is coming from the federal government that can only be used on rail.

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The capital investment to start the service will cost $262 million, 80 percent of which could be underwritten by federal funds, the study says. The proposed rail is nearly half as costly -- both in infrastructure and operating expenses -- as the high-speed rail plan that Gov. Bobby Jindal put an end to in 2010. While that plan proposed rail that would travel 110 miles per hour, the proposed rail line would operate at a maximum speed of 79 miles per hour to begin with, which is competitive with cars traveling on Interstate 10.

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Also the ROW is already there because the tracks are already there. So the NIMBYs that are stopping the loop can't say shite.