rohr turbo wrote:Tadman wrote: you didnt' see anybody in the Obama-Biden administration making moves to replace that power.
Options for 150 LD Chargers.
Uh, the Chargers weren't ordered under Obama. Richard Anderson and Donald Trump, the guys who allegedly hate trains, did that.
JoeBas wrote:
We're not talking about horse and buggy. We're talking about viable interstate transportation that routinely sells out despite its neglected, underfunded, marginally-utilitarian state, that with just a little bit of POSITIVE ATTENTION and actual honest-to-God investment instead of ignorance and neglect could become a true part of the overall transportation solution in this country.
You instead, want to raid it to fund your little back-and-forth benefits-the-few-at-the-cost-of-the-many corridors, which would ultimately be better appreciated, funded and understood (or not) by the people they benefit (hey, smaller government, amirite???), in a regional fashion.
Uh, find me a long distance route that "routinely" sells out.
The following is from 2017, but I doubt these numbers have gone up or down much:
Code: Select allPalmetto 48%
Sunset Limited 49%
Crescent 49%
Cardinal 54%
Texas Eagle 54%
Coast Starlight 56%
Empire Builder 56%
City of New Orleans 59%
California Zephyr 59%
Silver Star 62%
Lake Shore Limited 63%
Southwest Chief 63%
Auto Train 64%
Silver Meteor 65%
Capitol Limited 66%
I'm sure there are days where every seat sells out, but you have to fill seats 365 days a year on a daily route, or 150 days a year on limited frequency routes.
The numbers Amtrak reports doesn't indicate that's happening "regularly" or even close to that.
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