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[quote user="John WR"] [quote user="Sam1"]As the nation and Texas become more congested, the cost dynamic will change, I believe, in favor of a more balanced transport system.[/quote] You put your finger on a key issue here, Sam.   By the time the highways become so congested the cost dynamic changes it is too late because highways have already taken up the space.  This is exactly what has happened between Boston and New York.  The current Shore Line, most of which was laid out before the Civil War, cannot now be straightened out because there is no room to do so.  That is why an inland route is propose.  The the cost is staggering.  [/quote]. If Amtrak already has the lion's share of air/rail traffic between Boston and New York, as well as New York and Washington, why should the taxpayers put up billions of dollars to build a new railroad between New York and Boston?  To deal with capacity constraints is the only argument that I have heard?  Is this the only alternative to dealing with the capacity constraints? If the argument is to be competitive on the Washington to Boston run, the airlines can handle any foreseeable expansion (larger airplanes, improved air traffic systems, etc.) required to meet an increased market demand. Where the money will come from is a particularly demanding question for a nation that is more than $20 trillion in government debt (federal, state, and local), with unfunded liabilities of more than $46 trillion to boot, and no clear path out of the debt conundrum.
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