Two days ago on Wednesday, I introduced Rep. Hagan and members of his House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to Tubular Rail train technology, in part to show that our advanced train technology, which does not need tracks or bridges to run on and can reach speeds of 150 mph and maybe more, could become a reality if the legislature passes a bill to create regionally based transportation innovation authorities. As Chairman Hagan and his committee members watched a special presentation of a clip from the Discovery Channel's show called "Future Trains," that featured Tubular Rail's patented technology, they saw a glimpse of a futuristic train that could be running in Ohio if lawmakers like Rep. Hagan team up with state transportation and development officials to make it happen. To watch the clip played for Rep. Hagan and committee members, follow the the link below to videos and clip on the "Future Train" box. http://www.tubularrail.com/video.htm Unfortunately, passenger trains that run on the ground -- going off the tracks, crashing into other trains and cars that often result in fatalities -- and can only go as fast as the slow freight train in front of them because tracks are shared, is not the future train system Ohio rail bosses should be spending over one-half billion dollars on for a "quick start" return of passenger train traffic. It's a bad decision for ridership now and into the future and cannot ever deliver to residents of the valley anything remotely as fast as the train in Spain Rep. Hagan rode. Isn't it time Ohio -- and the nation -- starts to explore faster, more efficient and greener alternatives to the diesel-burning turtle trains from yesteryear that will only average 39 mph between Cincinnati and Cleveland and will take six and one-half hours. Mr. Prendergast confirmed that funding is expensive, uncertain and tied to the largess of the federal government and that the time to do it will be measured in decades. Tubular Rail can all be made in America, with much of it being sourced in Ohio. And if you want high speed Spanish trains, you'll be sending billions of American taxpayer dollars over there, when a lot of it could stay here in Ohio, employing workers and helping families here. And while we understand Ohio is desperately seeking new manufacturing jobs as old ones blow away never to be seen again, we cannot understand why key state officials who could make things happen for us are so uninterested in doing so? For those who can see and act on the future now, the future will be a good place to be. But for those who walk into it facing backward, the future will be unforgiving. In which direction is Ohio looking? If it looks to slow passenger trains, that's the past. If it looks to Tubular Rail, it's looking at the future. www.tubularrail.com
Group hears details on Valley rail service
Two days ago on Wednesday, I introduced Rep. Hagan and members of his House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to Tubular Rail train technology, in part to show that our advanced train technology, which does not need tracks or bridges to run on and can reach speeds of 150 mph and maybe more, could become a reality if the legislature passes a bill to create regionally based transportation innovation authorities. As Chairman Hagan and his committee members watched a special presentation of a clip from the Discovery Channel's show called "Future Trains," that featured Tubular Rail's patented technology, they saw a glimpse of a futuristic train that could be running in Ohio if lawmakers like Rep. Hagan team up with state transportation and development officials to make it happen. To watch the clip played for Rep. Hagan and committee members, follow the the link below to videos and clip on the "Future Train" box.
http://www.tubularrail.com/video.htm
Unfortunately, passenger trains that run on the ground -- going off the tracks, crashing into other trains and cars that often result in fatalities -- and can only go as fast as the slow freight train in front of them because tracks are shared, is not the future train system Ohio rail bosses should be spending over one-half billion dollars on for a "quick start" return of passenger train traffic. It's a bad decision for ridership now and into the future and cannot ever deliver to residents of the valley anything remotely as fast as the train in Spain Rep. Hagan rode. Isn't it time Ohio -- and the nation -- starts to explore faster, more efficient and greener alternatives to the diesel-burning turtle trains from yesteryear that will only average 39 mph between Cincinnati and Cleveland and will take six and one-half hours. Mr. Prendergast confirmed that funding is expensive, uncertain and tied to the largess of the federal government and that the time to do it will be measured in decades. Tubular Rail can all be made in America, with much of it being sourced in Ohio. And if you want high speed Spanish trains, you'll be sending billions of American taxpayer dollars over there, when a lot of it could stay here in Ohio, employing workers and helping families here. And while we understand Ohio is desperately seeking new manufacturing jobs as old ones blow away never to be seen again, we cannot understand why key state officials who could make things happen for us are so uninterested in doing so? For those who can see and act on the future now, the future will be a good place to be. But for those who walk into it facing backward, the future will be unforgiving. In which direction is Ohio looking? If it looks to slow passenger trains, that's the past. If it looks to Tubular Rail, it's looking at the future.
www.tubularrail.com
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