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Re: Is NWP hanging on by a thread?
Author: Scott Schiechl
Date: 03-11-2014 - 16:20
Margaret (SP fan) Wrote:
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> stash -- and others --
> NO passenger train anywhere ever makes a true
> profit,
> if one considers ALL the true costs of operating
> it.
> They all get subsidies of some sort or another --
> the
> subsidy just may be more cleverly hidden in some
> places/countries than in others.
>
> (And what on earth is wrong with investing in
> human needs?
> Transportation is one of the main reasons to even
> have a
> federal government in the first place. How many
> roads make
> a profit? Or airlines?).
>
> I hope the NWP manages to hang on. Rail
> transportation is
> much better for the environment than is trucking
> -- and shipping
> stuff by rail makes it less necessary to have all
> those huge
> trucks on the roads (sorry, George Andrews!),
> which will make
> for much less traffic. That is a good thing.
According to the American Public Transit Association, in 2013 Americans' use of public transit increased by 1.6% to 2.7% depending on the market. The total number of riders has increased for the eighth straight year. None of these systems run at a profit but instead serve a vital public need.
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> stash -- and others --
> NO passenger train anywhere ever makes a true
> profit,
> if one considers ALL the true costs of operating
> it.
> They all get subsidies of some sort or another --
> the
> subsidy just may be more cleverly hidden in some
> places/countries than in others.
>
> (And what on earth is wrong with investing in
> human needs?
> Transportation is one of the main reasons to even
> have a
> federal government in the first place. How many
> roads make
> a profit? Or airlines?).
>
> I hope the NWP manages to hang on. Rail
> transportation is
> much better for the environment than is trucking
> -- and shipping
> stuff by rail makes it less necessary to have all
> those huge
> trucks on the roads (sorry, George Andrews!),
> which will make
> for much less traffic. That is a good thing.
According to the American Public Transit Association, in 2013 Americans' use of public transit increased by 1.6% to 2.7% depending on the market. The total number of riders has increased for the eighth straight year. None of these systems run at a profit but instead serve a vital public need.
