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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

ret5hd

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1. I believe that idea (break Amtrak into 2 entities)...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Oct 11, 2019, 12:30 PM

Oct 2019

is a sure way to end up with the northeast corridor as the ONLY passenger rail service in the U.S. Split everything else off, remove the nationwide mandate from Amtrak, then kill/starve the other, leaving only the northeast corridor.

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I believe that idea (break Amtrak into 2 entities)... ret5hd Oct 2019 #1

Oh, dear lord, I hope they don't get rid of PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #2

Spirit Airlines, etc. customerserviceguy Oct 2019 #3

All of the airlines have trained almost all their passengers PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #4

Good for you customerserviceguy Oct 2019 #5

I don't fly enough to be able to use miles. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #6