Re: Amtrak Wants $75 Billion To Create More Money-Losing Routes

On 5/31/2021 8:21 AM, Kurt Nicklas wrote:
> 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."

Yes, you did.

Now answer the question, faggot:  What is a "190 ride"?