Communter Rail between NOLA and Baton Rouge

jimwnola said

Again, more reality to consider. Right now, it takes 2 hours and 2 minutes for the present Amtrak train to go from Picayune, MS to New Olreans, with 1 Slidell stop in between. Baton Rouge is 80 miles with maybe 4 or more stops? Do the math. Admittedly, for some strange reason that same Amtrak makes the return trip from New Orleans to Picayune in a "zippy" 1 hour 20 minutes. Downhill, wind, less traffic? Even taking the average, using proportions and adding 15 more minutes for 3 more stops, I come up with 3 hours each way.
So for all you people who want to live in Baton Rouge and spend 24 dollars day, and commute 6 hours a day, to work in New Orleans, it sounds like a great idea.

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The current plan may not work, but at least it is an idea.
That is the primary problem with this state and the recovery as a whole, every time an idea is floated it is shot down by someone.
That is why there is no plan, no nothing and why most of the country cannot stand the fact that thier tax dollars are going to rebuild this place.

This state has a great chance to be forward thinking but the leadership and residents can't ever agree on anything and no one is willing to make some hard decisions. It just friggin sucks. Has anything real been done except the Superdome?
Here is what most of the nation thinks. Some may sound woefully ignorant but some points are correct as well.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2006/10/post_38.html#more