[Leisler]

"...could triple Amtrak ridership in the Northeast Corridor to 55 million annual riders by 2040."

Very funny.

Right now, not thirty years in the future, I-95 between Boston and Northern Virgina does 55 million riders in.....

........A week.

So, we are to spend money away from something that presently is doing 56 times( 5,600 percent more) times more riders for something that ....might...maybe...in thirty years or forty years..or fifty years of more taxes, pensions, hacks...maybe do, maybe what is now done in a week.

Yeah. Great.

[WVKayaker]

One way Amtrak to NYC from DC = $127.00

Round trip MegaBus same trip = $48.00

One hour longer trip on the bus... and interesting "companions" for entertainment!

[Willie Green]

Right now, not thirty years in the future, I-95 between Boston and Northern Virgina does 55 million riders in.....
........A week

By 2040, Global Oil reserves will have been depleted, and the petroleum fueled vehicles that we're familiar with today will be as rare as a horse and buggy. The individual electric vehicles under consideration are impractical alternatives and no better than golf carts. That's why we need to upgrade our passenger rail systems. Future ridership will likely be much higher than what is being projected due to the impact of Peak Oil.