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Amtrak All the Way
October 25, 2005
Who says we don’t need Amtrak (or passenger rail in general). Ridership on the Pere Marquette increased 9.9% this past fiscal year - ended September 30. Even bigger, ridership on the Heartland Flyer, from Oklahoma City to Forth Worth, the same distance as the Pere Marquette, increased a whopping 23% this past fiscal year. And, to cap it all off, overall Amtrak ridership increased for the third straight year (up 1.3% to 25,374,998).
Information courtesy an Amtrak Press Release.
Americans do desire passenger rail. The problem is with the government representatives and their unwillingess to see that something that may be a slight drain on the tax coffers might actually be good for the whole of America - not for those who happen to own cars or trucks.
Posted by paul at October 25, 2005 07:11 AM
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