NaPauleon says cars “have steering wheels”....big observation!!! You get an "A" for the day! The “A” probably doesn’t stand for what you think though. NaPauleon those type ideologies and comments have keep America in the dark ages of public transportation.

By the way NaPauleon my 5 year olds Barbie car has a steering wheel, it only cost $70 and doesn’t even use gas but I certainly would not want to drive that to New York, would you?

Just a hint for you maybe just maybe cars surpassed trains and main transportation because “CARS DID NOT EXHIST IN THE 1800’s,” when trains where so popular because people would rather have the convenience of “FASTER” transportation then their horse or feet in most cases. FYI NaPauleon an air plane does not have a “Steering Wheel” should we all avoid using them too? Maybe you should write a new fictitious blog on how people should only use transportation that has “steering wheels” since people want “steering wheels” in their transportation.

I didn't expect you to understand my comment and I was not disappointed.
Wow, YAMMBY, instead of throwing away $70 on a Barbie car that you now find you can't drive (surprise, surprise), you should've spent the money on a good dictionary or maybe a spell/grammar checker for your computer. You are truly a wonder of all that's right and good with a Gloucester Township 'publik-skooled' education. Maybe you should get one of your masters to spell check your stuff before you go public and make a complete A$$ of yourself.
BTW, the article concerned the cost of the train which was what my comment was about. Focus like a laser-beam next time and try to stay on topic.

WOW NaPauleon, I guess in your perfect world nobody ever has a typo. Talk about having laser beam vision if the best you could do to discredit me was to point out that children should not have toys, in your opinion and that I made a typo...I PROVED MY POINT. You are pathetic.

On another note, I do find it telling that you believe children should not have toys or that anyone who buys them toys is throwing away their money. How absurd can you be? I feel bad for your children.

Hey Paul the trains would save us billions of dollars but then again if we used more trains how would George Bush would peddle his oil? Can't have that now can we? Gotta keep Big Oil George Bush and the Koch Bro rich so they can have people to steel tax breaks from right? The heck with public transportation after all it uses the word public so it must be bad, right? You are pathetic.

Paul, I do find it funny that you jump all over ymbdfa for typos and grammar, when your first comment is only three sentences long and you messed up the most important word. ("and"... I believe you meant "than", correct?) people who live in glass houses........well, you know the rest.

Nice try, Pit Bull, you just showed your lack of understanding of anything higher than 7th grade English. The sentence stands as written, "Ever wonder why automobiles are so much more popular ("than" is understood by the context) and eclipsed trains ("as our major mode of transportation" - again, understood by context)? Keep up the good work though, it looks like you've got YAMMBY as a fan for life because you criticized me.

If I thought you'd understand any part of my explanation as to why trains will never work in America as a valid form of transportation, I'd give it a shot. Given the target, YAMMBY, I'd just be shooting in the dark. They say 'ignorance is bliss;' you must have been the poster child for that one.

The reason they are more popular (although arguably declining) is due to the cheap gas we enjoyed for many, many years. Compare that to overseas where gas is much more expensive, you will find that train/public transport is much more prevalent, as well as bicycles. Until recently, we haven't been forced to live that lifestyle...

I live in Gloucester Township and work in Moorestown, NJ, for one of the largest employers in the region. Does anybody know how one would get from GT to Morrestown and back at the end of the day and still maintain a family life? Public transit is great from Point A to Point B, anything else becomes, well...you figure it out.

Exactly, and thank you, wolf. I think it would be safe to say that people who work in NYC and its environs already earn a higher wage than most so exactly why should I be tapped to make their access to their jobs easier?

I think that's what most of us want. To make sure that for that cost, we get a good product. Paul, I'm not sure I completely agree with the stance that since we don't use it much we shouldn't help with the cost. I don't drive on Interstate 15 all that much, but I do think that the government has an obligation to maintain it. Similarly, having a properly maintained train system in the most densely populated portion of the country is something that I think is a good use of our money. It's tax money spent domestically and the results will be empirical.

Wolf, they are proposing to upgrade the whole Northeast Corridor with the 151 billion. Philadelphia is just a stop on the route. You need to look at the whole project, Philadelphia is just one stop.

Everything the government does is funded by taxpayers, by definition. Who else do you think would pay?

"small minds = small ideas = small progress"

Translation: If you disagree with me you are stupid.

Okay, Pit, that was a typo...one. Try reading anything that YAMMBY writes...in fact, why not do a grammar and spelling critique on one of her posts. No worries though because you've got a friend for life in YAMMBY so don't cross her now.
So, do you know the difference between a spelling typo or error and something that is implied and therefore understood by context? BTW, I admitted my spelling typo but I'm wondering when you will acknowledge your original critique of my first post was off base. I don't imagine I will see that forthcoming because you're not that interested in addressing the facts.
Seriously though, Pit, if you disagree with me, make your point...just the facts. If all you can come up with is that I made one typo on Moorestown you really don't have much to say, do you?

No problem Paul. I have no idea who Yammby is, but apparently you might since you say "she". Also, I still disagree with your first comment and your "understood context". As far as the train is concerned, hey, what's a $151 billion these days. Chump change. 37 minutes is great. Works for me.

Or massive subsidies for airports, highways, and airlines. Most of which will only be used by a select set of people.

As for the train, it'll never happen because the airlines will lobby against it. But fossil-fueled cheap air travel is coming to an end, so you might want to think of a "plan b". As usual, we'll wait and end up with an expensive, last minute, stop-gap solution that costs taxpayers more than it would have originally cost to head off the problem.

I don't think the idea of a DC-Boston train should be viewed as a pure "business" endeavor, just because that's how it's used now. With tele-commuting and conferencing it's probably less needed than it used to be for that sector.

They never started Florida, did they? They turned down the funds because someone wanted to win an election. Not that it was a bad decision anyway, let Disney build its own railroad. I mean, high speed rail to Orlando? Seriously?

It's NOT laughable. The United States is just that. UNITED!

When they rebuilt levies in New Orleans with my tax dollars I supported it because it's good for the entire country.

When they repair a road in Yosemite, I support it. When they launch another satellite I support it.

The far right like to think the world revolves around their own visual line of sight. You're supposed to be patriotic yet you only care about what directly affects you.

Keep UNITED in United States