Quote Originally Posted by Malcove Magnesia View Post

Don't get me wrong. I think trains are great [[and I ride them, plus transit, all the time out in California), but there's a relatively decent rail infrastructure already in place in Michigan and if there are any rail funds to be spent, spend them on running more trains around the state [[from Detroit out) and not just on some ultra-expensive single "high speed rail" line, which is likely to vacuum up a lot of money from taxpayers here as well.
From my experience riding the train between Ann Arbor and Chicago, most of the problems of congestion happen around Indiana and once you get into Chicago. I'm sure someone may say otherwise, but the improvements in speed through Michigan would be minimal. The real effort needs to be in Indiana. Chicago is fixing its own problems, high speed rail money or not, with the Englewood flyover, which will elevate passenger rail traffic on its own dedicated tracks.