Think What Rail Could Do If It Got Equal Treatment from the Federal Government!
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Think What Rail Could Do If It Got Equal Treatment from the Federal Government!

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…

Politicians Aren’t Listening to the Traveling Public.
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Politicians Aren’t Listening to the Traveling Public.

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…

Ride a bicycle? Now there’s a bulls-eye on YOUR back!

Ride a bicycle? Now there’s a bulls-eye on YOUR back!

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…