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Some Good News From Ohio re; Passenger Rail
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I'm afraid it will be a cold day in a hot place before you ever see a state-funded passenger train in Ohio. In fact, if Amtrak gets tough with the states and requires state money to maintain overhead routes like the Lake Shore Limited, ALL intercity service between Chicago and East Coast could be in jeopardy, as Ohio will never vote to fund the existing Amtrak service within the state <br /> <br />Ohio may have the third- or fouth-worst economy in the country , and has a huge issue with public school funding on their hands that will eventually consume any spare dollars in the budget <br /> <br />More importantly, even assuming Amtrak survives as an intercity carrier, connecting to the existing system under the proposed system would be pointless unless you're vampire. Connections at Toledo, Cleveland, and Cincinnati would be primarily between 1 and 5 AM. I'm not sure that those of you in areas close to Chicago on living on the East Coast realize the negative impact this on popular opinion here in the Buckeye State. Realistically, to get political support for a state-funding in Ohio, another set of trains would have to be put in place to offer marketable times in this area. <br /> <br />Local ridership - be real. From Columbus, you can jump in a car and be anyplace in the state within 2 1/2 hours. Having lived and worked in the Northeast Corridor, I can tell that auto traffic in Ohio is child's play in comparision - using a train with the attendent stem times on either end would generally take twice the time that it would to drive directly. There's no highway disincentive here as there is in driving from, say, New Haven to Wilmington <br />
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