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Originally Posted by ardecila
How about Governor Kasich?
As it stands, Ohio is the biggest obstacle to a Chicago-New York line (Indiana can be convinced of HSR's benefits) but that's ignoring the other problems. Even assuming a high-speed line can be built between Chicago and Harrisburg, there needs to be a 220mph line EAST of there... and that's the real challenge.
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If it was privately funded or it was done with mostly private funding with bonds backed by the US Government, Kasich would probably not get in the way (although he would likely have his hand out for campaign contributions). But by the time they got done with the feasibility studies, the EIS, raising the money, ROW acquisition, Kasich will be gone from office. But a project of that magnitude will need public funding, regardless of what the right wingers think.
A Chicago to NYC HSR line is a good idea and I think eventually it will happen connecting a mid-West HSR to a eastern HSR corridor. But the nychicagorr website is a hodgepodge of image files and stuff collected from other websites. Not a serious website.