Posted on 08/28/2019 7:47:37 PM PDT by dynachrome
True. I always take the conventional to New York. The business class is cheaper and the time difference is about 30-40 minutes only.
A vigorous, effective plan to increase passenger train access would be popular and help the environment and be much better than the mess the interstates have become.
If the govt stopped spending taxpayer money on an 1800 ‘ s transportation form, spending money on bike paths and spending money on so-called light rail, they just might be able to improve highways. Some people seem to love being able to ride trains as long as others are forced to subsidize their nostalgia .
Trains would be profitable if the system were run properly and kept up to date. They can improve the highways, but what can’t be made better is the volume of traffic. What I see is highway improvement projects that have to be redone every few years. A lot of tax we pay (gasoline and money state and federal) goes to that. It’s an allocation of funds that isn’t solving the problem of too many people on highways.
Sell your car. Get off the highways. You, then, are part of the problem.
I get off the highways as much as possible, only drive about 4000 miles a year. I take public transportation or walk whenever possible. I don’t think that makes me “part of the problem”.
It does. 4000 miles of a problem.
Nice post. Yes, it’s hard to relax driving a car on the interstate nowadays. Train travel is a great way to see the beautiful landscape of this country. Thanks for giving your experience with it.
That’s the one thing about Europe that’s better than here, granted the population is much more dense, but I love taking trains over there.
If I could I would just ride the trains in Switzerland.
Agree with you!
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