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 "Whatcha gonna do when the gas runs out?]" Most Amtrak trains run on diesel fuel (oil). What? We can't electrify? If the number of trains were trippled, there l would not be triple the ridership which would decrease their energy efficiency energy. How many passengers does it take to make a train more efficient than an auto? When service was increased between Milwaukee and Chicago, the ridership in general went up. I saw it. If we can get the wackos to allow nuclear power plants and get the distribution infrastructure set up autos can be made to run fine on hydrogen (we need electricity to get the hydrogen) and make the electric car viable for around town use even with no improvement in range. If we could get the whacko power companies to maintain their nuclear plants responsibly, no one would argue. I don't want to become a glow-in-the-dark statue." I don't live where you live. Air France had no direct service to South Bend, 40 miles away. The airport itself was a hell to endure." He couldn't catch a local flight from O'Hare? or catch a bus? As I said trips don't start and end at the airport or train station. If every rail line that existed in 1950 still existed and evey line had passenger service on it, the train still couldn't match the auto for speed and covenience in most of the country. In most of the county it couldn't match the airplane either. Time is money. Time is money. that's getting old. To some but not all. Especially the majority of folks who use their cars long distance instead of the airlines. Just what my brother wanted to do. Schlep 6 bags from one terminal to the other in an airport the size of my town just to wait for another flight, go back in the air to land at South Bend for a car trip. then thee's people that live around here that want to fly to New York. They get into their car around 4pm, drive to O'hare and get a room for the night, and take a morning flight out. By the time they get to New York they could have taken the Broadway. Do you jog to work? "Well, now you get my point about frequency and service. Two locals, one express." Yeah, but the express doesn't stop and the locals schedule is all wrong for my needs. Besides they take at least 3- hour station to station. What is a 2-1/2 hour door to door auto trip then takes over 4 hours. My trip isn't station to station An assumption on your part not seeing a sample schedule, or connections. More trains, even with increased ridership, would likely mean greater loses and thus the need for more taxpayer as opposed to user money to keep the trains running. I don't get that. Do we scrap the NEC account too many riders? Or reduce it to one round trip a day? I do believe that communter rail is useful under the right circunstances of population distribution and density. Regional rail such as being developed in California may have it's place too. [red]But if you want to go 501 miles, ya better drive, or stay home! As I have posted in other threads, sourse Victoria Transportation Policy Institute www.vtpi.org (which by the way not a pro-automobile site), the subsidy per passenger mile for rail is higher than the cost per vehicle mile for the automobile. [red]Bully for Victoria's Secret. Mitch
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