>Please don't go into the environmental whacko stuff about this 'investment' >takes cars off the road. >That is just a smoke screen. Why should we subsidize transportation for some?
But in fact it is very important. I don't know how it is in the US but who pays for roads ? How many people die on the roads ? are injured ? There 4 countries in Europe with High Speed Trains : France (the first one), Belgium, Germany and Spain. Italy and Netherland are going on the same way too. In France, 30 years after the first line betwwen Paris and Lyon we are studying a second line because the first one is overloaded. Number of passengers increase 10% a year (mean). We have not enough trains to carry all the people (for example on the line between Paris and Germany). It is a great succes. The national railroad company earn money with HST. Just a shame : there is no VFP on board !! Larry Miller a écrit : > If they were economically viable, why would it always take so much public > (read non-riding taxpayers) investment. If they charged what the ride really > cost, it's doubtful there would be nearly as many riders. So, why should I > pay for someone else to get transportation that does not help me. > > Larry Miller > > > -- Jean MAURICE Grenoble - France - Europe www.atoutfox.org www.aedtf.org _______________________________________________ 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 Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.
