Ohio's 3C Rail debate between Strickland & Kasich

Governor Ted Strickland and his opponent John Kasich debate over Ohio's 3C Rail project in Columbus, Ohio on September 14, 2010.

A new report from the Ohio Public Research Interest Group, "Connecting the Midwest," analyzes the potential of high-speed rail to the Midwest, and looks at benefits specific to eight Midwestern states, including Ohio.

Key findings of the report include:

• A completed Midwest high-speed rail network will create 57,000 permanent jobs and support 15,200 jobs during the ten years that it would take to construct the project. Making Ohio the crossroads between the Eastern seaboard and the Midwest by building high-speed rail from Cleveland to Cincinnati, Toronto, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Buffalo, would boost the region's economy enough to create 16,700 permanent jobs and generate more than $3 billion of development near stations.

• Traffic congestions costs major Midwest metropolitan areas more than $10 billion annually in lost economic output. In Ohio, the 3C stage of the rail network is projected to reduce car traffic on Ohio's highways by nearly 320,000 vehicle miles per year.

• An Amtrak passenger uses 30% less energy per passenger mile than a passenger car, reducing dependence on oil. In Ohio, the 3C line will save up to 15,000 gallons of fuel a day.

• High-speed rail will give consumer more transportation options. Region-wide in the Midwest, 58% of Midwesterners, or 35 million people, would live within 15 miles of a high-speed rail station; 17 million would live within five miles of a station. More than one out of every four jobs in the region would be within five miles of a station.

• The system would prevent 188,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year by replacing less efficient car and plane travel. The amount is equal to the annual emissions of 34,000 cars.

More information on Ohio's 3C Rail project can be found here:

http://www.dot.state.oh.us/divisions/rail/programs/passenger/3cisme/pages/def...

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[CultofAdonis]

why the Strickland campaign didn't paint Kasich as "tin soldiers and Nixon's coming" I have no idea. Of course Buckeyes may have found comfort in that image, so I understand why they didn't use that tact.

[meccaturbo]

@Trekkerjon No, actually YOU are an ass. Kasich is not.

[johnnyjohnson]

@smartwarlord I normally vote Republican myself, and totally agree with you. This is one vote I definitely regret making.

[smartwarlord]

@johnnyjohnson

I'm a Republican and even I am horrified at Kasich's comments.

It was the Republican Party that built the interstate highway system. We built the Hoover dam, etc. Now we won't even build trains? Wtf!

[johnnyjohnson]

It would have been awesome to have had rail connecting Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, and Cleveland. I wonder if the next Governor will be in favor of it, provided Kasich is ousted in 2014?

[Trekkerjon]

@ffjsb  when YOU wipe your ass you remove brain cell, dumbfuck.

[ffjsb]

@Trekkerjon When I wipe my ass it reminds me of people like you.

[Trekkerjon]

@ffjsb I don't blame America. I blame bush, Cheney, rumsfeld, wolfowtiz for starting an unnecessary war that has killed hundreds of thousands. Wipe your arse ffjsb.

[ffjsb]

@Trekkerjon You liberal POS's just love to blame America for everythning. Saddam and insurgents have killed way more Iraqi's that the US military, but you all will never admit it.

[Trekkerjon]

Kasich is an ass. Proof: he was hired by Fox, and Fox only hires asses.