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Without subsidies an airline ticket would cost several thousand dollars ...to go anywhere.
I think high speed rail would be a popular option to make airline travel along the East/West coast corridors more competitive and therefore Amtrak would be profitable. It might help avoiding any such wrong turns in the future.
The main problem Amtrak has is that, outside of the Northeast Corridor, it shares the railroad tracks with freight companies. They need to have their own set of dedicated tracks to run uninterrupted.
The main problem Amtrak has is that, outside of the Northeast Corridor, it shares the railroad tracks with freight companies. They need to have their own set of dedicated tracks to run uninterrupted.
One thing's for sure, 99% of those who comment on highway funding have no clue how it works.
Usually they also are the ones who advocate higher fuel taxes on drivers so mass transit users can continue to pay only about 1/3 of the cost to run those systems.
I think high speed rail would be a popular option to make airline travel along the East/West coast corridors more competitive and therefore Amtrak would be profitable. It might help avoiding any such wrong turns in the future.
HSR still uses track and switches..the switches are NOT controlled by the engineer in the train,
Maybe you should do some research before opening your mouth about things you clearly know nothing about. This isn't trivial. Amtrak NEC is profitable and does not need subsidies.
Fine, keep it there (or any profitable runs), shut down the rest of Amtrak and everyone's happy.
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