We took the trains from ingolstadt to Munich and back several times while I was in Germany.
We loved the cleanliness and convenience of the trains as well as the Munich subway. However. In the US there is no real rail alternatives and people are not going to get behind rail travel except for limited point to point destinations. Taking the train from NJ to Washington DC is good, but there's no way to get from here to Louisville without going through Chicago. So it's either bus, plane or car. Additionally, rail is almost as expensive as flying. --- Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/29/07, Chet Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Not when you don't have to factor in the cost of a > bloated military to > > insure that we continue get "OUR" cheap oil... > ;-) > > Oh, for cripes sake. Tell me you don't think this is > Off-Topic. Take > it there, please. All you have to do is alter the > subject line, as I > did above. > > > Europe was "stupid" enough to invest in a great > inter-city rail system > > including in many cases high-speed rail. The > great cities of Europe are > > also laid out in such a way that most of the time > one doesn't need a car > > around town either...silly Europeans. > > Agreed. And the US and Allies did a fine job of > rebuilding them as > part of the Marshall Plan after we and the > opposition blew them to > pieces. I wish we'd do as good a job on the Amtrak > Acela. Great idea, > poorly funded and supported. > > > I'd rather travel by rail and Metro in Europe than > by air OR motor > > vehicle anywhere else. > > Yep, I have fond memories of taking a series of > trains out into the > hinterlands of the Netherlands late last century. A > great system. > > But NotFox. NotTechnology. OffTopic. Please. > > Darcy won't be the only one unsubscribing if we keep > trashing the > mailing list like this. > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
