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Don, that's more clarity than I've seen in many years. Your suggestions are congruent with the goals you set out. Some minor observations: 1. Your rationale #1 is what is keeping Amtrak l-d service afloat. Political bacon for largely rural states, who figure that dropping Amtrak will be a substantial net negative, because the tax money it would save (if any!) wouldn't be enough to buy anything of equal value. 2. Your rationale #2 is basically the same as the National Parks argument. It resonates well with the suburban middle-class, and Amtrak marketing goes directly to this rationale. 3. The most difficult part of getting muncipalities to pay for the station will be in large cities, not small. 4. How would you propose getting around the losses on food and sleeper service? I don't think the concessionare can make money on it, even if the equipment was furnished and maintained without charge. How would you propose to enforce service levels? Concessionaires in places like airports, national parks, toll-road islands often have an enormous price-value spread and once in, seem to be cemented in place. 5. What about pension obligations? Could those that exist be severed into a separate funding mechanism? OS
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