Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker talked about the proposed “high-speed” rail route through Raleigh with WPTF’s Bill LuMaye. He also took calls from listeners. You can hear the interview here. It’s tagged “Do We Need High Speed Rail in Raleigh?

For detailed information on the rail project — and why it makes no economic sense regardless of the Raleigh route — check out this report.

You can also get reaction to the project in this WPTF interview with JLF’s Michael Sanera. Conducted Aug. 31, it is tagged “NC3 Not Necessary?”