Do Conservatives know that America ranks 23rd in the World for Infrastructure?

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Additional considerations...........older trains are more expensive to maintain than HSR trains:

VHS trains have a longer life-cycle and better reliability, as they require less maintenance than city-to-city trains, which operates on a stop-start basis.

http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/high-speed-gauteng-kzn-railway-service-would-require-subsidies-believes-alstom-2011-12-12

Another example how penny wise can be pound foolish when one operates with a myopic view on infrastructure investment for Public transportation.

The incremental route to upgrading tracks for higher speeds rather starting from scratch may not look so good after all in the long run.

More on the flawed incremental high speed rail approach here:

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php?topic=11886.0