Re: Amtrak Wants $75 Billion To Create More Money-Losing Routes
Bill Flett <[email protected]> Mon, 31 May 2021 08:46:56 -0700
| Newsgroups | alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.comedy |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 5/31/2021 8:35 AM, Kurt Nicklas wrote: > On Mon, 31 May 2021 08:28:00 -0700, Bill Flett <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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"? > > Ask these guys No, I'm asking you, because you're the stupid squat-to-piss faggot who wrote it. What is a "190 ride"?