Reflects on the content and arguments of the series as a whole, emphasizing that high-speed rail drives urban and suburban development, provides major economic stimulus, and involves changes in life-style and culture. Discusses American freight rail as the international gold standard of...

Opens by asking, what interest groups are most opposed to high-speed rail and wondering why the railroad industry has not done more to advertise and promote the concept. The answer to the first question is almost certainly rural constituencies and perhaps also the oil industry, which constitutes...