Thank President Obama

President Obama has made high-speed rail his number one transportation priority!

He then backed-up his words by working to get $8 billion in high-speed rail funds in the stimulus package.

This is very exciting. It is the first time a president has come out in favor of high-speed rail and transit.

It is urgent that high-speed rail and transit supporters throughout the country thank him for his support.

Here are a couple of key quotes:

"You go to Shanghai, China, right now, and they've got high-speed rail that puts our railroads to shame."

"That's why I'd like to see high-speed rail where it can be constructed. I would like for us to -- to invest in mass transit, because, potentially, that's energy-efficient, and I think people are a lot more open now to thinking regionally in terms of how we plan our transportation infrastructure."