Re: Amtrak Wants $75 Billion To Create More Money-Losing Routes
Kurt Nicklas <[email protected]> Mon, 31 May 2021 18:21:36 +0300
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On Mon, 31 May 2021 08:17:50 -0700, Bill Flett <[email protected]> wrote: >On 5/31/2021 8:03 AM, Kurt Nicklas wrote: >> On Sat, 29 May 2021 18:16:04 -0700, Bill Flett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On 5/29/2021 4:12 AM, Yak wrote: >>>> 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!!! >>>> >>>> ===== >>>> >>>> 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 very >>> few routes: >>> >>> 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. >> >> Prof. Canoza thinks he knows all about trains because he once took a 190 >> ride?! > >What is a "190 ride"? <chuckle> "You just conceded defeat again. I'll add it to the list. I've instructed you om [sic] that before." ---Bill Flett 5/28/21 Dwarfie turns Hindu! "your fuckwitted phony patriotic believees[sic] should be financially penalized." ---Rudy Canoza, " 2/27/21 Noun or verb, "Rudy". Which will it be?? Enjoy!