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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard You mean just like confusing a neutral switching terminal with a open access short line?[:0] Ed [/quote] And what is open access if not neutral? One of these days, have your sugar daddy look up the word synonym and all the associated versions thereof for you. Maybe then you'll be less prone to be flush with your self gratifying hair splitting obsession. [/quote] Open access isn't neutral, it is negative. The owner of the infrastructure is never adequately compensated for the capital expense and the entire structure is doomed to degrade just like the highways and the barge canals and airports. The railroads manage to run things and pay taxes on both their income and infrastructure (property or ad valorem taxes). The other modes simply soak up tax dollars. How is that of societal benefit? Further it violates several of the facotrs in the Transportation Policy your buddy Mike Sol holds so dear. Open Access is backward thinking and is widely recognized as such...
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