Erik H. Wrote:
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> Phillip Zone Wrote:
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> > Not nearly as often as it used to, and not
> nearly
> > to as many destinations. Rural America is
> rapidly
> > losing its public transportation options.
>
> Because politicians are bought and owned by Big
> Rail lobbyists, while Greyhound and other
> privately held, taxpaying bus corporations don't
> have the deep pockets and slowly wither. And when
> the bus stops running, the railfans basically say
> "too bad so sad guess you'll have to drive" but
> when the train stops running, it's the end of the
> world.
>
> There's no reason Montana couldn't create
> "MontBus" or America could create "AmBus". Except
> for politics. Amtrak doesn't run to many
> destinations comparatively - in fact even when I
> lived in Montana's Flathead Valley, Amtrak was
> irrelevant to everyone I spoke to, and when I took
> Amtrak myself everyone was surprised.

You don't need Amtrak to get from the mine/farm to the bar/jug and/or huntin'-ground/doctor in Montana.