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@ futuremodal: <br /> <br />You probably won't see direct subsidies for new lines, that's true. <br /> <br />What you could see is the govt paying the freights to run passenger service over existing freight lines, in compensation for infrastructure upgrades. <br /> <br />The RRs would be responsible for growing their own passenger business if they expected to get more subsidies, based upon tickets sold, ton/miles, route miles, whatever metric that makes it possible to estimate passenger use to a certain percentage based upon a combination of population density and freight-origination. <br /> <br />The RRs themselves would be responsible for unilaterally expanding proprietary track for the purposes of growing freight business just as they are now, however it would naturally connect into the preexisting system, and build off of efficiency increases from passenger-capable infrastructure. <br /> <br />In short, let the railroads determine where the freight is. Let freight congestion determine where to subsidize passenger service. Let passenger service subsidize infrastructure. Let infrastructure increase market-share.
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