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Originally Posted by Jonboy1983
Isn't the country already doing this? I keep seeing ridership increasing on Amtrak as well as other transit agencies. Maybe some transit agencies keep showing declines in ridership because they're fricking cutting back on services, rendering whatever is remaining to seem unattractive and unreliable.
This country is unbelievably backwards. Transit and transportation is what we SHOULD be investing in; NOT CUTTING IT BACK!
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Yes, that's one reason the House written transportation bill is going nowhere fast. All the Republicans who sit in districts served by regional and commuter rail would like to actually retain their seats. Expanding/speeding service on Amtrak and the various commuter rail systems expands the rail constituency as well.
110 mph rail in the Midwest (Detroit and St. Louis to Chicago) will finally tip a definite time advantage to rail away from car travel along both corridors and new rolling stock will go a LONG way to making the whole experience more attractive. In a couple years time even recalcitrant neighboring states like Indiana and Wisconsin will realize that they've got to get in as well for the sake of their economies.
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