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Actually, Ed, I think Fed Matching Funds tend to be 80/20, not 90/10. At least, on a local rail project this is what our county Land Use Dept are saying. I understand your qualms about "the strings". And these should be reduced. But it IS a system that, by and large, does work. I can be pragmatic and live with the 10% of ridiculousness that comes along with it. Besides there is something to be said for a central coordination for rail, as few systems would be wholly contained within one state. Better that Fed does it than that we create a new suprastate organization and another layer of gov. Actually a more accurate way of phrasing your example would be that Amtrak (or any other carrier) would pay a Diesel Fuel Tax (or a kilowatt tax for electric systems) which would go to the Fed. This would, of course, be passed on to the consumer in his ticket. Does the FRA not provide some construction standards as it is? Or is this voluntary through AAR? Or can you, as a RR, build anything you want, and if it doesn't work, it's your problem? Alexander
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