http://earthandindustry.com/2010/06/high-speed-rail-chugging-along-in-the-us/ Sustainability, Green Business and CSR News Tue, 22 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://earthandindustry.com/2010/06/high-speed-rail-chugging-along-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2763 Levi Novey Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:23:28 +0000 http://earthandindustry.com/?p=8365#comment-2763 Hopefully the money really materializes in the upcoming years. For instance, New Mexico just getting $100,000 to create a rail plan seems pretty minimal. That's basically enough to pay for 2 full-time people to work on doing thorough research for a plan over the course of a year. Then if you put a travel and small operations budget in there, those would not be very good salaries either. Wasn't a criteria of the competition among states to win the grants a pledge to allocate matching funds? Maybe that would make things a little better. Hopefully the money really materializes in the upcoming years. For instance, New Mexico just getting $100,000 to create a rail plan seems pretty minimal. That’s basically enough to pay for 2 full-time people to work on doing thorough research for a plan over the course of a year. Then if you put a travel and small operations budget in there, those would not be very good salaries either. Wasn’t a criteria of the competition among states to win the grants a pledge to allocate matching funds? Maybe that would make things a little better.

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