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Amen! Although I don't agree completely with all your points, I do think you hit a home run with that one. Especially the part about the "balanced passenger system..." What most everyone fails to recognize is the imporance of that aspect. America needs a transportation strategy badly. Sept 11 proved that with no doubt. Couple this with the ever increasing driving population, continuing cheap gas prices, unchecked urban sprawl and a host of other conditions and what you have is a headed into mass gridlock. I admit, taking a train from coast to coast is both economically and time prohibitive. Airlines have the advantage hands down. But if I have the choice of driving 6 hours, taking the train for 7 or flying for 4 (taking into account layovers, etc) to get to a destination, I will take the train. The advantages far out weigh the disadvantages. Less tiring, less wear on my car, better food, interesting people and more time to take advantage of. Imagine this. You shop online for the best airfare across country and find a really good one. But it is from a city about 3 hours away. No problem, you hop on the next passenger train to that city where you connect to a light rail out to the airport. Utopia? Did it in South Korea. Did it in England. Why shouldn't I be able to do it here? It's going to be a long haul but the railfans out here need to speak up. We need to support passenger and freight railroads as part of a well balanced national transportaion system. Even if you don't like one or the other, at least do it for the folks that need jobs.
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