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Is high speed rail our national boondoggle?

By Alan Davies - posted Wednesday, 13 April 2016

Tony: Jim, they're white elephants, just like the very fast train. The numbers don't stack up!

Jim: So, you've looked into it.

Tony: Everyone's looked into it. There's been, like, ten feasibility studies in the last few decades.

Jim: What does that tell you? Stop doing feasibility studies!

Tony: Exactly!

Jim: And what happens next?

Tony: Nothing. If the study says it stinks, we stop.

Jim: You can't stop now. You wouldn't believe the reaction this is getting.

Tony: You haven't made an announcement?

Jim: Of course not.

Tony: But an announcement hasn't been written?

Jim: Drafted.

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About the Author

Dr Alan Davies is a principal of Melbourne-based economic and planning consultancy, Pollard Davies Pty Ltd (davipoll@bigpond.net.au) and is the editor of the The Urbanist blog.