CNN.com: Riled about rail: Why all the anger over high speed trains?

CNN.com: Riled about rail: Why all the anger over high speed trains?

Much of the opposition to rail projects appears to stem not from economic arguments, but from fundamental cultural values on what “American” transportation should be.

A perusal of online commentaries about passenger rail stories reveals a curious linkage by writers between passenger rail and “European socialism.”

For some reason, the American public doesn’t understand that if passenger rail is socialism, then so is having roads.