Governor announces $10.7B plan for high-speed trains (NY)

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Source: WSYR-TV

Albany (WSYR-TV) - Traveling by train fell the wayside in the mid-1900's thanks to automobiles and airplanes, but Gov. David Paterson governor wants that golden train age back.

Monday, the governor released New York's plan for seeking federal stimulus funds to help pay for high-speed rail service across upstate New York to Manhattan.

The first statewide rail plan in 22-years calls for $10.7 billion in improvements to the state's rail system over the next two decades.

The governor is proposing adding a third east-west track for a high-speed train that would run from Albany to Niagara Falls, with stops in Utica, Syracuse and Rochester. That would cut travel time down by two hours or more.

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News release from Governor Paterson's Office:
GOVERNOR PATERSON ANNOUNCES FIRST STATEWIDE RAIL PLAN IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES

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Read more: http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/Governor-announces-10-7B-plan-for-high-speed/CHZ_Z39LBU-0TUzxK2C2yw.cspx

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Good for New York

Now let's see other states do the same--a combination of state and federal monies will make this happen.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Excellent! I hope the entire nation follows this example.

[xchrom]

3. recommend

[Mr. Sparkle]

4. High speeds trains are cool, and a lot more convenient that going through airports.

[DLnyc]

5. I hate to be a nudge, but putting on a few more regular speed trains on the

current lines (Hudson River line, Connecticut lines, Long Island lines, Amtrak north to Montreal) would also be quite nice, less expensive and would have more immediate effect.

[Lost in CT]

6. Waste of money nobody lives above Westchester county.

High speed rail between Boston and DC makes sense however.

[TankLV]

8. Typical IGNORANT newyorker thing to say...what a crock

so much for about HALF the rest of the State's population, huh asshole?

[Lost in CT]

10. Yeah I'm sure that Albany to Rochester route will be full....

Cheaper to hire a minivan to transport the people that want to go that route everyday.

High speed rail lines need to focus on cities that people actual travel between.

[jzodda]

20. All the more reason to build this

So those areas north of NYC can grow. If NY state becomes a state networked via high speed rail, it will change many things including commute times. It can also make the exurbs more attractive to live in. You could live above Westchester or Orange counties and commute to NYC for work. Now that would be something very nice. Same would be able to be said for outlying areas around Albany, Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester as well.

It's a great idea.

[FudaFuda]

7. Those trains are gonna look awesome all spray-painted up with gang symbols!

And with the NY MTA's reputation for quality maintenance and service, I'm sure it'll be the safest and most reliable hi-speed rail system in the world. Eat your heart out, Shinkansen ... NY's gettin' in the game!

:sarcasm: off.

[Lost in CT]

11. I think you may want to check your calender it hasn't been 1979 for a while. nt

[IrishBuckeye]

9. China has a train going 217 mph, hope these trains are around that speed or faster. /nm

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[Lena inRI]

12. And the North-South track high-speed?

My idea would be to have a high-speed network from Boston to Washington. DC. . .

starting at Logan airport,stopping at:
South Station Boston
Providence or Green airport (Warwick, RI)
JFK airport by building a direct rail connection, forget bus link!
Grand Central, NYC
Philadelphia
Washington, DC Union Station
ending at Dulles airport.

Connecting airport passengers as well as commuters would really make good sense and stimulate all kinds of industry.

Course, that takes REGIONAL PLANNING of the 21st century kind. Ya know, what the Europeans and Japanese have been doing since last century.

Listening Team Obama?

:think: :think: :think: :think: :think:

[sutz12]

13. How socialisitic of you...

:sarcasm:

:)

[Lena inRI]

16. Yesiree, DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM.. . .

. . .all the way!

Let me just live long enough to go on a speed train from Boston to Miami. . .just once!

We'll see. . .HOPE springs eternal!


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[tabbycat31]

15. add a NJ stop to that list and I like it

how about either Newark airport or Trenton?

[Lena inRI]

17. You're right to correct me. . .

. . .ideally every state up and down the east coast could be part of an EastCoastExpress that ties in their major airport somehow.

And, then there could be the WestCoastExpress. . .SouthernTransExpress. . .the NorthernTransExpress. . .get all contiguous states physically connected like a network grid.

And as for Alaska and Hawaii, I'm working on some ideas. . .for now Alaska could be part of a Canadian-US express train and Hawaii could be reached by dual train-plane package plan. . .

Where there's a will, there's a TRAIN way!

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:

[Historic NY]

14. Cripe its about time.,I've been waitng for yrs. hopefully its not more BS.

The NYS Thruway provided the clear path of travel throughout NY state, that is why it was built along the Erie Canal path, the rail link should too. IT 20yrs too late but in the long run it will reduce energy consumption while allowing travel throughout the vast expanse of the state. A lots of the planning is already done including a link across the Hudson at Tapan Zee.

[jtrockville]

18. We need high speed rail across the entire NE corridor

DC to NY should be an EASY and CHEAP day trip. So should DC to Boston!

[Thothmes]

19. Wonder how much of his tax payers mone in operating subsitites he will

be willing to keep the line afloat.