Of course we wouldn't all be beating on each other if the feds subsidized rail at the same rate that they do roads. Think about the Interstates, 90% federal and 10% state. And the latest budget that takes money from the Federal Reserve rainy day fund so that the gas tax can go another year without a raise. The tax was last raised in 1993 and is not indexed to inflation. Total inflation from 1993 until 2015 was 64.6 percent.

Instead we all ßitch that our favorite project is being shortchanged instead of getting people in Washington who care.