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Rail Grants Are Answering People’s Demands
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
The following letter to the editor was published in the Washington Examiner:
Since passenger train improvements have enjoyed bipartisan support on Capitol Hill, we reject your suggestion that White House unveiling of passenger-train Recovery Act grants constitutes turning a deaf ear to the recent Massachusetts election.
Indeed, polls—and Amtrak’s rising ridership—show that Americans want more trains. Put “travelers” atop your list of “those who are quite pleased by the projects.”
The majority of dollars will go to upgrade existing trains, producing tangible service improvements within one or a few years. At the other end of the spectrum, our children may look back and thank those who pushed the California and Florida very-high-speed projects. Very high energy prices threaten the future of short-distance air service.
—Ross Capon
Posted by Malcolm Kenton
Tags: amtrak, congress, high-speed rail, obama, public, ridership, trains, upgrades, washington examiner, white house(0) Comments
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