An Amtrak study on restoring passenger train service among Ohio’s major cities will be delayed two weeks until mid-September, giving the state a tighter deadline to apply for money from President Barack Obama’s stimulus package.
And we’re supposed to expect trains to be on time from these schmucks?
As a reminder about how ridiculous an idea statewide rail really is, here is a flashback to a post from a Wednesday back in June highlighting the complete and total lack of demand for such a service…
Here are photo captures from the state’s traffic cameras along I-71 at 8:30am this morning. The top being I-71 at Polaris in north Columbus, the 2nd being I-71 and 270 in south Columbus, and the bottom being I-71 and Kings Mills in Cincinnati. There aren’t any on I-71 heading towards Cleveland because….well, because who wants to stare at an empty road?