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We need to truly come together to support our railroads. If we all began to "use" Amtrak as our first or second mode of transportation we would then be able to demand, through our increased usage, a better quality product. If it is welded rails and improved beds, or easier access to the product, we need to urge many people to use the product. And, of course, write [in mass numbers] our Congressmen/Reperesentatives and demand immediate help to this cause. Imagine being able to drive to a train station, walk a few feet from the parking garage to the train, and be at another major city [within 500 miles] in the time it took just to wait to board an airplane. Sell the ability to walk around, the view, the fact you can load your car, and take it with you and have transpotation once you get there instead of havng to rent a car or be picked up.... <br /> We need support for our freight handlers. Express to the American public the joy of the train for freight handling, it would relieve our major interstates of the overwhelming truck traffic. The ATA [truck lobby] sells the convenience of the trucker and his freight, when in actuality, for the long haul you cannot compare it to the amount of freight the train can handle. How many trucks would it take to move a large amount of freight from Miami to the Northwest? Talk in terms of fuel costs and consumption. There are many ways we can win this battle to get a better AMTRAK. One thing that comes to mind, is to return to privatize it, or allow competition against it to raise the bar/quality of the service. Someone made a point earlier that was a great point, if we need to move mass, and for some reason a 9-11 type event occurs and theplanes are grounded,then what. we're screwed!
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