in the country the other thing, chris, is i was so pleased, i just returned from michigan where the new republican governor accepted the money to get michigan into the high-speed rail business, from detroit to chicago. shave off a good amount of time, but a real investment for the people. i give governor snyder a lot of credit. he s got a vision, and couple that with the vision of the new well, the mayor of detroit, dave binge, michigan is coming back thanks to the investment the president made in the american car manufacturers, which proved to be very beneficial, and thanks to the investment, this administration is making in high-speed rail. this is what americans want. you said detroit, do you think people will get on that train and go back and forth? how fast can they do it? we ve invested over a billion in illinois. chicago to st. louis, a little over two hours. stop in jolliet, stop in northerlial, springfield, and you re in st. louis. again, this is kind of a midwest connec
again, this is kind of a midwest connection, and the announcement today, and then you run a rail line north of detroit all the way to canada, think of the connection we will have, think of the economic engine this corridor will be, from detroit to chicago, to st. louis on good comfortable trainings that people can afford. when will we equalize the time? with the invests we made today. i took the train last night from washington to new york. it was safe, it was comfortable, and we did it in just a little less than three hours. we ll reduce that time. we invested today in more infrastructure in fixing up the tracks, and we ll get new train cars, too. thank you very much. i hope you equalize it, because
stop in joliet, stop in normal, stop in springfield and you re in st. louis. you catch a train there and you start going west over to kansas. again, this is kind of a midwest connection. the announcement today detroit to chicago and then you run a rail line north of detroit all the way to canada, crossover the canadian border, think of the connection we will have. think of the economic engine this corridor will be from detroit to chicago, to st. louis. on good, comfortable trains that people can afford. when are we going to equalize the time between washington and new york by rail and air? with the investments we made today? we made some big investments in the northeast corridor. i took the train last night from washington to new york. it was safe. it was comfortable. and we did it in just a little less than three hours. we ll reduce that time. we invested today in more infrastructure, in fixing up the tracks. we re going to get some new train cars, too.
northerlial, springfield, and you re in st. louis. again, this is kind of a midwest connection, and the announcement today, and then you run a rail line north of detroit all the way to canada, think of the connection we will have, think of the economic engine this corridor will be, from detroit to chicago, to st. louis on good comfortable trainings that people can afford. when will we equalize the time? with the invests we made today. i took the train last night from washington to new york. it was safe, it was comfortable, and we did it in just a little less than three hours. we ll reduce that time. we invested today in more infrastructure in fixing up the tracks, and we ll get new train cars, too.