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Thanks for the feedback. I expect there are regional preferences for rail passenger service that are stronger on the East Coast and the various pockets of Urbania throughout the U.S., and less in those areas in which current service is either spotty, inconvenient, or non existant. If true, that would beg the observation that rail passenger services should be primarily burdened on regional transporation authorities rather than the nation at large. <br /> <br />I'm not sure you can trust the validity of a poll by an outfit such as the Washington Post, at least any more so than a similar poll by a more mainstream news source. I expect that poll reflects the regional bias of the NEC, not a true representation of the nation at large (George Will's opine notwithstanding). There is a vast disconnect between extrapolating the results of such a poll to the nation at large when the market share numbers we've discussed do not validate that level of support. Like it's been said before, if there was legitimate national support for Amtrak, it would be reflected in the more localized support areas (state funding). <br /> <br />Regarding highway congestion, isn't that also a localized phenomenon related mostly to commuting characteristics? If so, how could increase a national passenger rail budget help this situation? More LD trains won't help, nor even medium distance trains. The short distance train corridors are more apt for transit concepts, not national passenger rail. In short, I don't see a correlation between increasing funding for Amtrak and relief from highway congestion.
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