Movement on the track

There has been (welcome) movement on the long-stalled plan to build a second track between Albany and Schenectady and do other rail improvements funded under the 2009 stimulus bill, according to the TU's Eric Anderson (apparently the only reporter who can be bothered to cover these issues).

"But agreements on other projects, including a third track for high-speed trains in western New York and other improvements, haven't been reached," according to the Times Union story. Wouldn't want to rush into anything, I guess. As for the ones they do have agreement on, work will start next year, i.e. three years after these supposedly "shovel-ready" projects were funded. If those Republican presidential candidates were to turn their attention toward New York, they'd find material for campaign commercials.