Can Detroit have high speed rail to Chicago and Toronto?

[newdixiegirl]

Originally Posted by TheProf

As I clearly noted, my comments are based on the same, tired old American excuse that has kept this country in the dark ages of mass transit and high-speed passenger trains: there's not enough density. You're talking 2 of the largest metropolitan areas in the nation that are 200 miles apart -- 280 downtown-to-downtown. It is undeniable that the United States, for all its most-powerful-country-in-the-world bravado, is far behind the curve, and even regressive, when it comes to transit. It's not a density thing, it's a brainwashing thing... Too many Americans, as reflected by some of these comments, have bought hook, line and sinker Big Oil and Big 3 arguments for years, namely the so-called Love Affair with the Automobile and, concomitantly, you need near NYC density to support quality mass transit.

Excellent post. The Big Oil and Big 3 brainwashing is especially pervasive in Metro Detroit.

[TheProf]

Originally Posted by newdixiegirl

Excellent post. The Big Oil and Big 3 brainwashing is especially pervasive in Metro Detroit.

Thanks.