re: #380 Walter L. Newton

Now why can’t our government do something like this…

[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk…]

Because the airlines and auto manufacturers have too much influence (read: money) invested in Congress to allow rail to ever be more than a niche market. Witness of the bad-mouthing of high-speed rail in recent months, with much scoffing at the idea that people would ride a train when they can just drive.