Passenger Trains > Yet Another Amtrak article...

This one from the Philadelphia Daily News July 8th....



GET ON THE TRAIN, CONGRESS

AMTRAK -AND THE ENVIRONMENT- NEED HELP

CHRONICLE of a Crisis Foretold: Summer 2008 is seeing the results of a generation of short-sightedness.
On car lots across the land, gas-guzzling SUVs sit unsold. Sales of all sizes of cars are down because automakers haven't made enough compacts to meet demand.

No wonder Amtrak is setting ridership records, with long-distance trains sold out in some parts of the country. But the intercity rail service can't respond adequately to the demand: It doesn't have enough rail cars and............
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Full piece at http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20080708_GET_ON_THE_TRAIN__CONGRESS.html