I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
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Unfinished sentence? *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
The $250b figure for the full project was for electrifying 79mph corridors, so an additional $200b for the Rapid Rail paths. That'd be track upgrade and new track, upgraded switches and new switches, any crossings upgrade to automatic quad gate, lights and bells, with speed sensitive trips, any support structure speed limits raised to 79mph for heavy rail, so 100mph for Rapid Rail, PTC signalling along the whole corridor, etc.
This is roughly half the original proposal, so scale it down, but it's a little shy of $15m/mile, about $9m for the electrification and $6m for providing Rapid Rail paths. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
Stupid typo. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
