I think that the feasibility of the phoenix metropolitan
area getting a high-speed light rail is very low. As seen from the videos just
the cost of obtaining a high-speed light rail that only services about 3% of
the population is not probable at all. It just doesn’t make sense for
economists to support such an example initiative when people are choosing to
drive or fly more and more. Another reason why a high-speed rail would not work
here in the states is that unlike really high gas prices in Europe our gas
prices are still manageable. Another thing that I know economists will be
considering is the usability of the train tracks and how once the track lines
are set they are only good for trains and that’s it. On the other hand with
roads that have a life of 50 or so years they can always be upgraded or have versatility with usage. I honestly
think that we are doing good with the light rail we have right now, and we do
not need a high-speed rail that is going to save us 20 minutes of our time but
cost this nation billion of dollars. Also it is not ok that we spend so much
money for such a small amount of people. I believe the video said that only
about 17,000 people will even use the high-speed rail and honestly all that
money could be used to better the lives of the millions of people in our
nation. I even think that gentrification is also going to be a huge deal with
the high-speed rail but also the limited number of stops the rail will be able
to have.
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