A picture — or in this case, a graph — most definitely is worth a thousand words. Take a look at how the feds have spent money on transportation over the past 60 years or so. And isn’t it astonishing that Amtrak’s ridership continues to set records month after month despite the fact that support…
It’s interesting and frustrating that so many candidates for federal office continue to denigrate rail travel in general and Amtrak in particular. Makes you wonder how someone can aspire to serve the public while advocating the opposite of what the public is demanding. (In an effort to remain as non-partisan as possible, I am doing…
Doing battle with the anti-Amtrak, anti-rail people is frustrating. They never offer solutions. They just go bonkers at the idea of tax dollars being used to subsidize Amtrak. Of course, the Highway Trust Fund, which is where money from the federal gas tax goes, only covers half the cost of building roads; all the rest…
Whenever I run into one of the knee-jerk conservative ideologues who goes bonkers at the very idea of a federal subsidy for Amtrak, my standard response is, “But in a modern civilized society, all public transportation is subsidized, from the airlines to bike lanes and sidewalks.” (In fact, see previous post!) Well, now one of…