High Speed Rail Quotes

"the federal government needs to become a part of the solution and that more money needs to be put into the high-speed rail system."

-Robert Wittman, Represenative, Virginia 1st Congressional District 

"Harbor Park station will become a transit hub that eventually connects light rail to a high-speed rail line that would run to Richmond, Washington and beyond."

-Paul Fraim, Mayor of the City of Norfolk, Virginia 

"You have to begin to put the infrastructure in place to put in high-speed trains...It should be a national priority. If the French can do it, why can't we?"

-Gordon Bethune, fmr. chief executive of Continental Airlines Inc.