Looked at Ohio’s light and high-speed rail plans.  The first phase is a Cincinatti ➝ Dayton ➝ Columbus ➝ Cleveland light rail. This makes sense to me. However connecting two different ways to Ft. Wayne Indiana makes no sense when you have the whole of south-east Ohio unconnected to the system by anything but “bus feeder lines”.  I think it makes little sense to forego connecting the state’s poorest regions, further cutting off them off from sources of commerce, tourism, etc. that could help bolster their anemic economies.

Disclaimer: Yes. I live in south-east ohio.