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Operational, or Capital money? <br /> <br />On Operational, all surface vehicular traffic, except city bus lines. On rail, all freight roads. On sea, almost all sea carriers. <br /> <br />On Capital: all freight railroads. All other modes, air, sea, land, utilize capital financing from tax dollars. <br /> <br />This is always an important decision. I have absolutely no problem with government money going to, say, concrete ties, welded rail, signals, new r-o-w, yards, terminals, etc..... if those facilities host public tranportation of some kind. <br /> <br />I DO have a problem with paying for the trains that operrate over it. If that is desireable is one thing, but that is a decision that ought to be made by the communities involved, not in some Senate subcommittee. They will, naturally, choose routes for the wrong reasons.
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