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US consumer rail way is a quasi public corporation (Amtrak) that has lost money for decades and is still funded to the tune of over $1 billion per year. You are
by dffdsa432 3y ago
US consumer rail way is a quasi public corporation (Amtrak) that has lost money for decades and is still funded to the tune of over $1 billion per year. You are confusing that with private US rails.
- ben_w 3y agoIf you're going to insist on focusing on that, I think you'd already missed the point of what you were replying to in your comment that I replied to.
- dffdsa432 3y agoThe parent is still wrong. Customers of private rail lines can use competing services (trucking) which they often do.
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- Qwertious 3y agoUS private rails own the railways and, while in theory they are required to give way to passenger rail, are so long and take so much time to cross that in practice passenger rail is forced to adhere to the time-schedule of private rail. This is arguably illegal and only exists because the govt refuses to enforce the obvious interpretation of the agreement. Meanwhile, the US DOT has historically always taken the approach of "the solution is more highways. What's the problem?", losing far more than $1B/year.