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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Lydia Leftcoast

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3. Japan's high-speed rail system got its start when the government

Reply to CFLDem (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 16, 2014, 12:06 PM

Jan 2014

persuaded the business and finance communities that it would be a good investment.

The Japanese government first asked the World Bank, which told them that trains were passé and that they should build freeways instead. But fortunately, they were able to persuade their business and finance moguls to chip in.

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Watch China’s 1,000 High-Speed Trains in Action [View all] marmar Jan 2014 OP

Do we have to live in a totalitarian regime to get any progress around here? BlueStreak Jan 2014 #1

Actually yes CFLDem Jan 2014 #2

Japan's high-speed rail system got its start when the government Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2014 #3

Interesting use of the word "persuade" BlueStreak Jan 2014 #4

Hear that sound? awoke_in_2003 Jan 2014 #5