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Highways can be a profit center. To bring this back to a railroad point of view, in the late 1950's the New Haven Railroad moved construction materials for the (then) Connecticut Turnpike. Every 14 miles of the Turnpike had a toll gate. You paid 25 cents to go through the tollgate. Results: ridership went down on the NHRR, population in the suburbs went up, and the turnpike started turning a profit through tolls in the late 60's. Now, CT had a huge sales tax going, but no income tax until the 80's. With the higher speed limits, fatalities started occurring at the tollgates. Solution? Take out the toll gates. Now bridges are falling down or failing inspections... and CT has an income tax. And a trip along I-95 during rush hour going into New Haven or New York will give you a grand view of being overtaken by... a passenger train. It could be something as spectacular as an Acela trainset or just a lowly Metro North commuter set, but it's still passing you. <br />I have a sister in law currently in England, in the Luton area... she swears that anyone crazy enough to drive in London will be a recipient of a Darwin award, which goes to the quick... and the dead. She sticks to trains, which are faster, safer and less stressful. <br /> <br />Erik <br />
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