Friday afternoons on WRUW FM Cleveland (CWRU's student operated radio station) there is a weekly diatribe show. Today's episode (01/29/2010) lambased the 3C Rail proposal left and right. In doing so it was obvious they knew nothing of what high speed rail has done in Europe and Asia.

Two of the diatribers made comments that lodged in my brain:

- "79 miles per hour on tracks shared with slower freight trains, would you risk it?"

- "Six hours to Cincinnati when you can drive it in about four ho… Continue

The article below from the AARP (1.6 million members in Ohio!) also has imbedded links at this location....

http://bulletin.aarp.org/states/oh/articles/3-c_railroad_on_track.html

Ohio officials hope a passenger train similar to this could be on tracks connecting Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati within two years. Photo courtesy… Continue

An unintended result of this initiative petition is that it would keep Amtrak train services out of the City of Cincinnati, including planned services to Dayton, Columbus and Cleveland. Those trains would have to stop short of Cincinnati, such as in suburban Sharonville and further isolate low-income travelers from using trains whose economy fares are often less than Greyound's.....
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Careful: Streetcar Petitions Can Be Deceptive

It’s certainly true that good people ca… Continue

The AAO website at AllAboardOhio.org is back online. Check it out for more detailed information about Rail in Ohio.

Friends, Please click on the link below to view the latest Ohio Passenger Rail News from All Aboard Ohio....

http://members.cox.net/neotrans2/AAO_Monthly_Newsletter_050109.pdf

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Articles in this issue:
+ Obama Releases Strategic Rail Plan - ARRA Stimulus Funding for High-Speed Rail
+ Annual Legislative Summit a Success
+ New York, Vermont and Wisconsin Inv… Continue