Replying to a message of Richard Webb to Bob Ackley:

 RW> Hi Bob,

 RW> On Sat 2037-Jul-25 04:29, Bob Ackley (1:300/3) wrote to Richard Webb:

 RW>> The railroads would benefit the most, as we'd be utilizing
 RW>> them more for both passenger and freight.  I maintain
 RW>> passenger carriage is where the future is for the railroads
 RW>> if they really want to look at it.

 BA>> Especially short haul (<500 miles) passenger traffic.  But the big
 BA>> railroads won't be allowed to get back into that business.

 RW> OF course they won't, there's this thing called amtrack.
 RW> Unfair competition from government.

Actually it's Amtrak that doesn't want the competition.

Years ago I noted that if the big cities were smart they'd consolidate their
bus and train terminals at the local airport, making said airport a transportation
hub.  And the question arises, why do cities build airport terminals with public
funds but require railroads and bus companies to build their own terminals with
their own money (and, of course, pay taxes on those terminals to the city)?

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