Frank, That's been the arguement of the railroads since the '70's. Truckers have a subsidy and aren't paying the full cost of their roadways. Please help us and buy/maintain the railroad trackage for us. But that's more commercial transit than public transit. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:14 PM, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> PJ, >> The free market and distances destroyed rail transit. > > Whatever economic forces are involved, it ain't "free market". > > Cars and trucks have the advantage of free, government constructed and > maintained roads, bridges and other infrastructure for much of their > travel. Even toll roads don't come anywhere close to the cost of > building and maintaining trackage. > > Railroads had to buy their rights of way (I know, in the 1800's it was > often given away for free, but certainly not by the mid-1900's), > construct their own bridges, build and maintain tracks, etc, etc. > > Why isn't the fact that the entire roadway and infrastructure was put > in place by taxpayer money not considered a subsidy of the automobile > and trucking industries? I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but it > should at least be recognized for what it is. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
