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BUILD AND REBUILD
#TrainTwitterpic.twitter.com/45QG0TZp5b
Existing commuter rail in the northeast in red, other railways (some active, some abandoned) in black WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL - LET'S GET THE TRAINS ON TIMEpic.twitter.com/i1qtifoZjW
this is the content i crave seriously though I think bringing commuter and regional rail back on existing lines through cheap and cheerful projects is a hundred times more important than fancy new HSR on the NEC
there's no good reason why there isn't a train to york or scranton or allentown or reading, preferably multiple ones
Sure there is, it can't possibly compete with subsidized cars/buses. Especially with the bloated personnel costs.
Hard to say it can't compete if it doesn't exist yet--clearly all the other lines "compete" enough to stay around, and Scranton is about as far as Montauk
Well, aren't there a lot more people along that corridor than along PHL-Allentown-Scranton? And isn't it generally easier to defend existing subsidies than push for new ones? (Assuming it would require some gov't support).
I was thinking about NYC to Scranton rather than PHL, but either way...yes, there are more people in Long Island, and yes, current system is screwed by relying on subsidies
Very important, even in rural places, to maximize farebox recovery and ridership...a city like NYC has no excuse besides graft for why its subway and commuter rail aren't making money (higher passenger densities than in Tokyo on most lines in Manhattan!)
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