Welcome to Citiwire.net! Rail’s turning into the Obama administration’s “New Deal” for transportation–an incredible turnaround from the studied indifference (and myopia) of the Bush administration, and if truth be told, Clinton’s too. (Maybe the difference among the two Democrats is that Clinton came from Hope, Ark., and Obama from Chicago.) In any event, my column focuses on what to expect from the first billions in federal “high speed” rail aid, with a special focus on the Midwest, which has worked hard to prepare itself for this day. Alex Marshall, in his column on Mike Dukakis, portrays a fervid rail advocate who never gave up.
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