Re: [A_A] L.A.-Indio rail expansion plan gaining steam

[Richard L. Friedman]

Good article, with quotes by Robert Manning.  Makes a fews jabs at the Sunset (like most newspapers do),

The biggest obstacles are the UP, which, while spending billions on tghe route for track qand signals, still claims adding four trains a week will require another $700 million, and Mary Bono-Mack, whos's never supported even a dollop of improvements on the Sunset or any Amtrak route.

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From: "picac...@q.com" <picac...@q.com>
To: all aboard <all_a...@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, February 21, 2011 9:11:23 AM
Subject: [A_A] L.A.-Indio rail expansion plan gaining steam



Speaking of a daily Sunset, Palm Springs is hoping.....



Howie Dash



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For the past 20 years, local leaders have talked about linking the Coachella Valley to Los Angeles with better passenger rail service. But without money, the idea never really gained steam.

Thanks to new political developments at the federal and local levels, the push for expanded rail service in the valley is gaining momentum, even with the economic downturn and, as always, the scarcity of money.



Read more:

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20110221/NEWS01/102210315/1006/news01/L-Indio-rail-expansion-plan-gaining-steam

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