Shameless hypocrisy about transportation subsidies.
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Shameless hypocrisy about transportation subsidies.

I’ve written here on quite a few occasions about conservative politicians who get their shorts all in a knot because Amtrak receives an annual subsidy from the federal government. My response to those objections is pretty simple: ALL public transportation is subsidized, from the airlines on down to bike lanes and sidewalks. That always produces…

Warning to Politicians: Vote Against Passenger Rail at Your Peril!
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Warning to Politicians: Vote Against Passenger Rail at Your Peril!

I  am on my way home from the three-day meeting of the National Association of Railroad Passengers held around this time every year in Washington, DC. There are a couple of regional political events related to passenger trains which NARP is watching carefully.  First, there is the case of Janice Daniels, the mayor of Troy, Michigan, and…