Vote for Craig Bergland

High Speed Rail

Added: Jun 5th, 2008
We need HSR from Bordertown through to Topaz Lake. Between Truckee and Fallon/Yerington. And eventually to Elko and East. We need it from the North, through Tonopah and southward. To the Eastern borders. It will be expensive but will provide jobs, radically extreme energy and transportation savings, cheaper freight, minimal upkeep, less taxes, etc. Rail gets 400+ miles per gallon for one ton of transport. Wow. Third only to the electric bicycle, and busses. Our highway system is overdue for a meltdown. We cannot afford to repave our asphalt continually or constantly, nor the taxes that entails. And once it starts to disintegrate, it will do so quickly and irreparably. Light rail and pneumatic tubes are our gifts to the future. Rail is the key. We once knew how to do it. We MAY have the resources left to rebuild this marvelous system. This will be part of my 'Pork' legislation.