But it does promise $85 billion to "modernize existing transit and help agencies expand their systems to meet rider demand," including "rail service to communities and neighborhoods across the nation." Another section would set aside $80 billion for passenger and freight rail service, a large chunk for Amtrak, to improve existing service and to "connect new cities." So it's easy to see why members of the state's congressional delegation are starry-eyed about future funding for East-West Rail. Representative Seth Moulton, newly arrived on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, wants to go one better — promoting the notion of a high-speed rail line. "If we could have a 25-minute ride from Boston to Springfield, that would be huge," he told the Globe. "That would be transformative. "And if you could get from Springfield to Chicago [via high speed Amtrak] in four hours that would be good for Boston and good for Chicago and even better" for cities in between, he added. "It's a better policy choice for housing and for economic development." Even the most expensive option evaluated by the state in its East-West rail study comes nowhere close to the kind of speed Moulton is talking about. Chris Dempsey, Director of the coalition Transportation for Massachusetts, is more focused on maintaining some of those must-haves. He estimated that based on traditional federal funding formulas, the state is likely to see about $3 billion in new federal funds from that $85 billion transit pot. "That's a lot of money," he said in an interview. "It could be transformational for the MBTA in particular. But we're not going to turn into Wakanda," the futuristic fictional homeland of Marvel's Black Panther. The $174 billion proposed by Biden to advance the use of electrified vehicles, included replacing diesel buses with electric ones, could certainly be a boon to, say, Chelsea and communities where asthma rates are high. Electrification of the Providence Line, Fairmount Line, and a portion of the Newburyport/Rockport Line — backed by the MBTA Fiscal Management and Control Board in 2019, but estimated to cost more than $2 billion — might also qualify. But when it comes to the transit section of the bill, "We're still going to have to be thoughtful about making trade-offs," Dempsey said. "We have to remember that any expansion means we're also signing up for enormous operational costs." If the state does indeed go for East-West Rail, the new infrastructure bill is likely to provide "only a down payment on it," he added.