The Antiplanner’s latest case against high-speed rail is now available in the form of reports published by a variety of think tanks. The reports are pretty similar, so download the one for your state if you see it, or a nearby state if you don’t see yours. The short (6-page) reports make the main arguments; the long (30-page) ones get into the nitty gritty.
Colorado (Independence Institute): Long report or short report
Florida (American Dream Coalition): Long report or short report
When Obama announced his “high-speed rail vision” — actually, a group of six disjointed rail networks — the Antiplanner predicted that the 17 states and hundreds of cities not on the network would begin lobbying to have those gaps filled in. The biggest gap is between Kansas City and California — outside of the Pacific Coast, none of the states in the West are on the map at all.
Planners to the rescue! The metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) for Reno, Las Vegas, and Salt Lake City have agreed to put up $60,000 each to hire lobbyists to promote high-speed rail to their cities. They’ve asked the MPOs for Phoenix, Albuquerque, and Denver to join them in their “Western High Speed Rail Alliance.” Naturally, the planners in Phoenix support the idea, though I haven’t heard whether the “management committee” approved it during its recent meeting.
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