Obama & Biden | Town Hall - High Speed Rail

Transportation is the connection between people, commerce, work and worship. It's a vital link that can be taken for granted. In this View from the Administration President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden discuss why its important to make transportation a greater priority for the nation. The men expressed their views during a town hall meeting in Tampa, Florida to announce the distribution of $8 billion in high speed and intercity passenger rail, stimulus grants, to 31 states. This video covers four main topics: The Administration's Vision for Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure Investment, The Politics of Transportation and How to Get Things Done in Washington.

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News & Politics

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• obama
• biden
• town hall
• tampa
• high speed rail
• 8 billion
• arra
• train

[beancube2010]

These projects must be able to generate energy. A vast valuable surface on railroads can be used to build sunlight concentrators and wind powered turbines. Generating energy must be a basic requirement for these high speed infrastructures.

[MrFreedomdemocracy]

High speed trains:

I used to go from Rome to Milan in 3.5 hours ...10 years ago

I used to go from Paris to London in 2.5 hours ....10 years ago

I used to go from Paris to Bruxells in 1.5 hours ...10 years ago

I used to go from Hannover to Hamburg in 1 h ...10 years ago

I used to go from Tokyo to Osaka in 2 hours ...10 years ago

I used to go from Milan to Paris in 6 hours ... 10 years ago

I go from Washington to Boston in 8 hours today with Amtrak....like an Amish charriot