?The average North Carolinian will take a round trip on a high-speed train only once every 27 years?

Great idea for Europe but at the speeds promised for North Carolina it would be a tough sell for most motorists assuming gasoline stays under $4.00 per gallon.

?Traffic congestion wastes nearly 3 billion gallons of fuel each year, and simple techniques to reduce congestion ? such as traffic signal coordination and congestion pricing of roads ? are far more cost-effective than building expensive rail lines that few people will use.?

..owes more than $9.6 million to fewer than 199 creditors

I looked at the development in Locust a few years back, not that impressed especially for so far out in the country.