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[quote user="blownout cylinder"] [quote user="Sam1"]One does not have to be an accountant or budget expert to understand that these levels of debt and unfunded liabilities are unsustainable.  Thus, the states, acting independently or in regional coalitions, will have to finance any expansion of passenger rail in their locale.  This is the proper way to go, inasmuch as the future for passenger rail is as a regional transport solution.     [/quote] While the above breakdown is true--some models I've seen may put some of those GDP percentages down a tad--we'll have enough people running around trying to put some kind of a "national face" on any regional effort. I keep on about regional/local solutions being more of an idea anyways but will anyone give regional solutions a chance?-----Nooooooo<IMG alt=Whistling src="http://cs.trains.com/trccs/emoticons/icon_smile_whistling.gif">[/quote] The Heartland Flyer between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth is funded jointly by the Oklahoma and Texas Departments of Transportation.  It is a small regional effort, to be sure, but it could be the start of something bigger. I favor a regional approach to improving passenger rail service.  People in California should not have to fund a system designed for Texas, as well as perhaps its neighbors, and  people in Texas should not help fund a California system.  Both concepts are regional systems, contrary to what has been said in previous discussions, as opposed to a unified national system.
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