http://www.amconmag.com/cpt/
Three Common Misconceptions About Transit and Passenger Rail
William S. Lind
... the dominance of automobiles is a product of almost a century of government at all levels subsidizing highways while taxing privately-owned electric railways (streetcars and interurbans) and the railroad companies that ran passenger trains. As early as 1921, government was pouring $1.4 billion into highways. By 1960, that number was $11.5 billion, part of which went to build the Interstate Highways that doomed the privately-operated, unsubsidized passenger train. Public transit received no subsidy until 1964...--
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And the yahoos in Washington consider rail a waste of time. The thing we most desperately need in transportation is not going to happen nationwide, as anybody with half a brain knows it must, but rather will continue to flounder.
Hell, that idiot governor Scott down in FL turned down billions of federal money for building fast rail. He's a tea party fool who doesn't accept government assistance on principle.
When the idiots re-convene after their ill-deserved break, a totally new Road Warrior world will unveil itself before their puny eyes.
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