(Anti-)High Speed Rail: Republicans & the Gulf Coast Corridor

The red states of in the heart of Dixie (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia) have been designated a federal high speed rail line to be known as the Gulf Coast Corridor . In this Republican heartland, home to the most anti-high speed rail politicians in the country, this line must be seen as “If they can do it here, they can do it anywhere” corridor. The political class representing these southern states is extremely resistant to high speed rail, but has not produced any sound

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