Echoing Randal O?Toole?s analysis of the topic, Newsweek?s Robert J. Samuelson offers the following assessment of high-speed rail:
Somehow, it has become fashionable to think that high-speed trains connecting major cities will help ?save the planet.? They won?t. They?re a perfect example of wasteful spending masquerading as a respectable social cause. They would further burden already-overburdened governments and drain dollars from worthier programs. ?
