Re:Amtrak’s Empire Builder: The Train That Deserves Better
by pdonis on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @01:38PM
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> investments in public transit are seeing as benefiting "special interests" in most places
Perhaps that's because they do?
In the subject article there is a link to another article on the author's site about intercity rail in Minnesota, in which I find the following interesting fact:
"Like most states, Minnesota had a large intercity rail network operated by private freight railroads. With the formation of Amtrak in 1971 this large system was reduced to a skeletal system of just a few routes, and then just one after 1985."
It never seems to occur to the author that perhaps Amtrak is the cause of the problems he sees, rather than the solution to them.
Perhaps that's because they do?
In the subject article there is a link to another article on the author's site about intercity rail in Minnesota, in which I find the following interesting fact:
"Like most states, Minnesota had a large intercity rail network operated by private freight railroads. With the formation of Amtrak in 1971 this large system was reduced to a skeletal system of just a few routes, and then just one after 1985."
It never seems to occur to the author that perhaps Amtrak is the cause of the problems he sees, rather than the solution to them.