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[quote user="oltmannd"] This was a line that didn't meet the FTA's requirements for federal funding if I remember right.  Guess the Feds were right, on this one.  This is just more fodder for the "anti" gang.  Sigh. I suppose when Austin gets tired of the subsidy, they can always sell the equipment to NJT for the RiveLine expansion. [/quote] I don't believe that Capital Metro took any federal dollars.  I don't know whether they applied for any.  The did, however, have dealings with the Federal Government.  They had to get ten exemptions from the Federal Railroad Administration for the Stadler cars. As another poster pointed out, when gasoline returns to north of $4.00 per gallon, as it surely will, more people are likely to opt for the train.  But as I point out in my post, even if the Stadler cars run at capacity, the system will still require a hefty subsidy.
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