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[quote user="henry6"] But as to the question of the government providing assistance to transportation projects you can look to the Post Roads and turnpikes of  Colonial and Federal times and then the canals...New York State alone built the Erie Canal!  With rarilroads came the issuing of charters and permissions and bonding authority, etc., even governments a various levels subscribing to stock of the private railroads.  Then came airlines and airports, waterways and locks, power generating and distribution systems,  US and Federal highway programs.  So why are we so argumentative, shy, and repulsed by passenger trains by Amtrak?  Besides the way it has been handled that is. [/quote] The government funding of transport infrastructure (local, state, and federal) was predicated on the premise that the users would pay the cost of the investment.  And for the most part they have.  The problem for passenger rail in the United States today is the low probability that the users will pay for it.  Therefore, it becomes a burden on the general taxpayer, as is the case with Amtrak.
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