US Rep on Amtrak funding

[TommySPF]

He "gets it" about Amtrak and HSR.

"If we don't develop high-speed rail, then what we end up with is just highways and air."

- US Rep John Olver, D-MA

Local story is here.

 

[Green Maned Lion]

He "gets it" about Amtrak and HSR.
"If we don't develop high-speed rail, then what we end up with is just highways and air."

- US Rep John Olver, D-MA

Local story is here.

Is he related to Dan Quayle?

 

[GG-1]

Is he related to Dan Quayle?

Uh, didn't this country already have theBird/Bush conversation? :unsure: :lol: :lol: :lol: :blink:

 

[Chris J.]

He "gets it" about Amtrak and HSR.
"If we don't develop high-speed rail, then what we end up with is just highways and air."

- US Rep John Olver, D-MA

Local story is here.

While he's right, I suspect a lot of people don't see anything wrong with ending up with 'just highways and air' (which is probably all they use).

 

[AmtrakWPK]

And another piece of the puzzle is that Amtrak is invisible to most Americans. An abysmal percentage of desk clerks in major hotel chains are even aware that Amtrak has a passenger terminal in their city. If you ask them how far it is to the train station, they are more likely than not to give you a blank stare and say "What train station?". And that invisibility to the average American (which is a rather head-scratching irony when you consider that most Americans also want Congress to keep or enlarge the U.S. passenger rail system) is one of Amtrak's biggest obstacles, self-induced or not.