Bill Flett
2021-05-31 15:17:50 UTC
https://reason.com/2021/05/28/amtrak-wants-75-billion-to-create-more-money-losing-routes/
But *this time* it'll work....really....we mean it!!!
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With "Amtrak Joe" at the helm, America's premier passenger rail service is going
for broke with the release of its 15-year "Corridor Vision." The company's plan,
which was published yesterday, calls for service improvements along 25 existing
routes, the creation of another 39, and the expansion of service to 160 new
cities across the country.
To bring this vision into reality, the for-profit Amtrak is asking for $75
billion in new federal funding and the power to enforce the prioritization of
its own passenger trains' movement on tracks owned by private freight rail
companies.
The U.S. needs to abandon the idea of passenger rail service on all but a veryBut *this time* it'll work....really....we mean it!!!
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With "Amtrak Joe" at the helm, America's premier passenger rail service is going
for broke with the release of its 15-year "Corridor Vision." The company's plan,
which was published yesterday, calls for service improvements along 25 existing
routes, the creation of another 39, and the expansion of service to 160 new
cities across the country.
To bring this vision into reality, the for-profit Amtrak is asking for $75
billion in new federal funding and the power to enforce the prioritization of
its own passenger trains' movement on tracks owned by private freight rail
companies.
Los Angeles — San Diego
Seattle — Portland
Washington DC — Baltimore — Philadelphia — NYC
NYC — Boston
That's about it. Those routes make sense. Nothing else does.
I once took the train from L.A. up to San Luis Obispo — beautiful route, a lot
of it along the coast. It's about 190 miles. It took about six hours. It's
about 3 hours by car. I enjoyed the trip, but wouldn't do it again.
ride?!
You fucked up again.