http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/07/wine-tastings-crab-cakes-and-great-scenery-is-this-why-amtrak-is-rising/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/07/wine-tastings-crab-cakes-and-great-scenery-is-this-why-amtrak-is-rising/comment-page-1/#comment-14829 Jarrod DellaChiesa Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:24:45 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/07/wine-tastings-crab-cakes-and-great-scenery-is-this-why-amtrak-is-rising/#comment-14829 For more information on the Coast Starlight, visit www.coaststarlight.net and follow the Coast Starlight Communities Network on Twitter at www.twitter.com/cscn! For more information on the Coast Starlight, visit http://www.coaststarlight.net and follow the Coast Starlight Communities Network on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/cscn!

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/07/wine-tastings-crab-cakes-and-great-scenery-is-this-why-amtrak-is-rising/comment-page-1/#comment-14800 The Renewed Interest in Amtrak - PSFK Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:17:27 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/07/wine-tastings-crab-cakes-and-great-scenery-is-this-why-amtrak-is-rising/#comment-14800 [...] in the US pales in comparison to European counterparts, mostly due to lack of public funds, but a writer for Triple Pundit recently tried train travel on California’s Coast Starlight route from LA to San [...] [...] in the US pales in comparison to European counterparts, mostly due to lack of public funds, but a writer for Triple Pundit recently tried train travel on California’s Coast Starlight route from LA to San [...]

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/07/wine-tastings-crab-cakes-and-great-scenery-is-this-why-amtrak-is-rising/comment-page-1/#comment-9775 JP McLaughlin Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:51:49 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/07/wine-tastings-crab-cakes-and-great-scenery-is-this-why-amtrak-is-rising/#comment-9775 When will we stop expecting Amtrak to make a profit? Amtrak competes against modes of transportation that are heavily subsidized--most obvious being highways and roads. We gladly subsidize roads and then complain that passenger rail requires subsidies. Isn't our bias clear here? Isn't rail setup to fail? When will we stop expecting Amtrak to make a profit? Amtrak competes against modes of transportation that are heavily subsidized–most obvious being highways and roads. We gladly subsidize roads and then complain that passenger rail requires subsidies. Isn’t our bias clear here? Isn’t rail setup to fail?

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/07/wine-tastings-crab-cakes-and-great-scenery-is-this-why-amtrak-is-rising/comment-page-1/#comment-9774 Niobe Lathis Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:04:13 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/07/wine-tastings-crab-cakes-and-great-scenery-is-this-why-amtrak-is-rising/#comment-9774 I have a hybrid opinion on Amtrak: 1) We desperately need to get high speed rail back, ahem, on track. It needs government funding, period. But it only calls for routes of a maximum of about 400 miles. That's the distance that rail can be competitive with air travel. 2) I love the idea of the slow, scenic trains as well, but I'm really not sure that's where our tax money should be going, given other priorities. The train from LA to SF (and it doesn't even go to SF) is really just a tourist ride. Should we be spending stimulus funds on it? I have a hybrid opinion on Amtrak:
1) We desperately need to get high speed rail back, ahem, on track. It needs government funding, period. But it only calls for routes of a maximum of about 400 miles. That’s the distance that rail can be competitive with air travel.
2) I love the idea of the slow, scenic trains as well, but I’m really not sure that’s where our tax money should be going, given other priorities. The train from LA to SF (and it doesn’t even go to SF) is really just a tourist ride. Should we be spending stimulus funds on it?

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