Fast rail a fact, not an option

Well, this takes Nine Shift Four (trains replace cars) to a new level:

"Fast rail is not an option. It is something that is going to happen."

Pat Haskell Robinson, community leader and businesswoman, said it in The Greenville (SC) News in a front page story on November 14, 2005.

Jobs here may ride on fast-rail links, by Jenny Munro. "High speed trains eventually will run across South Carolina, transportation experts said at the recent Upstate Transportation Summit."

Any predictions on how fast this will happen? Have you taken a train ride in the last year?