apparently, it's not just me and stilgoe who think that regional trains could make a resurgence in this age of bazillion-dollar oil barrels!
the NYT did a piece the other day, about that very idea and its grounding in reality, at least for amtrak. matthew wald, who wrote it, makes the valid point that amtrak still uses oil, so it's not immune—all the more reason for the creation of shinkasen-style electricity-based bullet trains! more importantly, amtrak (surprise surprise) has pretty broken-down equipment, so a serious update may be in order for the federally-subsidized program.
privatization, anyone? that's what mccain proposes. obama, on the other hand, wants to keep the state in charge for the time being, but focus on improvement. the economics 101 student in me says privatization is probably the way to go, but media-studies guru paul levinson disagrees wholeheartedly.
i've got an idea, but i want to keep it a secret, given that i might try to pitch it at a story meeting soon.
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