Google's a great aid in gathering information about what's being said about Amtrak around the country. The Detroit Free Press on April 16 thinks a "new plan for transportation" would be a good idea although it will require "vision and courage". Well, that last bit is going to be hard to find. I found one reporter who said he'd sent all the present presidential candidates a questionnaire about public transportation and none of them responded. Surprise? Not here. Some things are so far down their list of topics to raise for discussion it doesn't bear thinking about.
On April 18-19 the Iowa City Press-Citizen and WQAD of Iowa City say a study on regional railroading supports "restoring passenger service in the Quad cities". It was more than 30 years ago that the area lost the Rock Island Line but now they believe they can get nearly two hundred thousand riders. And that's just between Iowa City and Chicago!
And that's two mid-western areas only.
As gasoline prices continue their upward curve more and more people are going to seek public transportation. Now we need the government get out of the road-building and airline support businesses and give serious thought to Amtrak!!!!!
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