US to inject $53 billion into passenger rail (Video)

Posted by uspost Economy, U.S. Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced an ambitious $53 billion program to build new high-speed rail networks and make existing ones faster over the next 6 years. Biden, who estimated he has ridden Amtrak between Washington and his home in Wilmington, Delaware, some 7,900 times, made a strong pitch for rail transportation to [...]