Comments on: Public Transportation in the USA http://www.greenprophet.com/2008/10/public-transportation-in-the-usa/ A sustainable news site on the Middle East Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:51:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Trains in the USA. « The Green Rabbinical Student http://www.greenprophet.com/2008/10/public-transportation-in-the-usa/#comment-1377 Trains in the USA. « The Green Rabbinical Student Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:06:06 +0000 http://greenprophet.com/?p=3427#comment-1377 [...] Public Transportation in the USA via: Green Prophet [...] [...] Public Transportation in the USA via: Green Prophet [...]

]]> By: Brian http://www.greenprophet.com/2008/10/public-transportation-in-the-usa/#comment-1376 Brian Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:03:02 +0000 http://greenprophet.com/?p=3427#comment-1376 This article says everything that I feel about rail in the US. It's a sad state. Fortunately, there is a vote in California for high speed rail. Cheaper and faster than plane from LA to San Francisco. I don't know if many readers are aware, but the US government currently gives a $40 billion subsidy to the airlines per year (which are a private entity), compared with (before the new bill) $1 billion to Amtrak, which is owned by the government. No wonder it's more expensive. This article says everything that I feel about rail in the US. It’s a sad state. Fortunately, there is a vote in California for high speed rail. Cheaper and faster than plane from LA to San Francisco.

I don’t know if many readers are aware, but the US government currently gives a $40 billion subsidy to the airlines per year (which are a private entity), compared with (before the new bill) $1 billion to Amtrak, which is owned by the government. No wonder it’s more expensive.

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