RavinDave
911 or Bust
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As a Trump guy? Lol ok
My point is your point. They all appear to have some kind of bias.
Interesting are you making the same reply to sister evil and her poll or just the one I posted?
We talked briefly about this in the other thread, but Amtrak is a "government run" service that could actually be profitable if they did it right. Running high speed, no stop service straight to major airports from a lot of the "feeder" cities (OKC to DFW or Colorado Springs to DIA for example) could actually be a counter to airline prices. Or put in a partnership with airlines to do such a thing.
But... probably not going to do it right.
Big excitement here locally about how great it is to have Amtrak in town.I saw a high approval rating for expanding Amtrak, but the surveys never include projected fares. For example, high speed rail linking Chattanooga to Atlanta has come up many times over the years. I'd bet people are thinking something like a $25 fare for a one-way 90 mile ride, but I'd bet the rate if it ever came to be would be more like $75-100 (if it happened very soon). It's always easy to sucker people when you leave out the costs. The selling point is actually parking, but there are scores of hotels near the Atlanta airport where you can park free for a week or so if you spend a night ... and they have airport shuttles.