There is a strong movement in Europe to cut the massive subsidies of their rail system. As it stands now, millions of people in Europe who do not ride the rail system are being heavily taxed to support it. In the U.S., the rail systems in the Northeast are heavily subsidized. As budgets tighten worldwide, there will be cuts.
I’d rather spend money on light rail somewhere then another drone bomber.I was just in DC after some 20 yrs, and did not notice any thing unusual with the Metro. It’s not as Hop-On, Hop-Off convenient as somewhere like NYC, but it was running as advertised.
Jack, maybe, just maybe, it’s because he works for the Washington Post. Some politcal cartoons are local. Sherffius is here in Colorado, but his local Colorado cartoons tend not to show up here. Maybe it’s up to the cartoonist.
Maybe it’s because mass transit is only about 500 times as efficient as traffic jams? As to high speed rail as well, for longer distance travel, if railroads had done the job they were supposed to when given all that land to build AND MAINTAIN IN PERPETUITY those rail beds, we could have had high speed connections decades ago. A rail passenger service traveling at 150-200 mph is very feasible today, and would be cheaper and more efficient than airplanes. Given the delays at airports and TSA, many trips could be quite a bit faster as well.
Charlie, many years ago, the “Red Car” was a lot faster than today’s freeways, and the rights of way they held were converted to freeways, rather than commuter rail. “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” was the live action/cartoon movie that explored the “politics” of that debacle orchestrated by the oil and auto companies.
Anna12 over 12 years ago
Maybe it might already be there is they used buses like our silver line here in Boston does (don’t know if they are hybrids though.)
Bilword over 12 years ago
in america they think public transportation is “socialism”
cdward over 12 years ago
The automotive lobby saw to it decades ago that the existing public transit system was almost completely dismantled.
MtnMan7648 over 12 years ago
There is a strong movement in Europe to cut the massive subsidies of their rail system. As it stands now, millions of people in Europe who do not ride the rail system are being heavily taxed to support it. In the U.S., the rail systems in the Northeast are heavily subsidized. As budgets tighten worldwide, there will be cuts.
AdmNaismith over 12 years ago
I’d rather spend money on light rail somewhere then another drone bomber.I was just in DC after some 20 yrs, and did not notice any thing unusual with the Metro. It’s not as Hop-On, Hop-Off convenient as somewhere like NYC, but it was running as advertised.
ARodney over 12 years ago
Jack, maybe, just maybe, it’s because he works for the Washington Post. Some politcal cartoons are local. Sherffius is here in Colorado, but his local Colorado cartoons tend not to show up here. Maybe it’s up to the cartoonist.
pirate227 over 12 years ago
Better late than never…
Dtroutma over 12 years ago
Maybe it’s because mass transit is only about 500 times as efficient as traffic jams? As to high speed rail as well, for longer distance travel, if railroads had done the job they were supposed to when given all that land to build AND MAINTAIN IN PERPETUITY those rail beds, we could have had high speed connections decades ago. A rail passenger service traveling at 150-200 mph is very feasible today, and would be cheaper and more efficient than airplanes. Given the delays at airports and TSA, many trips could be quite a bit faster as well.
Charlie, many years ago, the “Red Car” was a lot faster than today’s freeways, and the rights of way they held were converted to freeways, rather than commuter rail. “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” was the live action/cartoon movie that explored the “politics” of that debacle orchestrated by the oil and auto companies.