durango 2004 4wd

From : macarty

Q: get real how many public mass transit systems are not subsidized i.e. they dont loose money our roads are built and maintained by taxes if you need to pay for a car fuel and insurance thats about $8000 per year so the taxes on that are at least $800 forestry roads operate at a loss. i wonder how much the us forest service spends building and maintaining roads for the lumber companies ferries mail loss loss. even sidewalks operate at a loss. it is to the benefit of most of the country to have efficient transportation and better air quality. granted government is terrible at running things but wasnt it private enterprise ruined rail transport in north america even after huge land grants public subsidy b/t/w which mode of transportation is by far the most deadly an interesting tidbit from my life in vancouver canada. - public transit to/from work about 15-20 minutes ea. way $6 /day - diving fuel cost 8500# gvw 3/4 diesel 4x4 pu about 15 to 45 min. ea. way + 8 minute walk from parking $3-5/ day - walking 50 to 65 minutes ea. way. $ 0 thanks for your ears. max dodge wrote why cant amtrack make a profit on their own because it wasnt designed to do so. amtrak is the orphan of the rail bankruptcy of the ne u.s. in the 1970s. amtrak started with junk facilities and a promise to fund rehab work until it could survive on its own. this has never been fully realized because the feds consistantly underfund it. compared to what it began with amtrak is shorter on routemiles barely more modern and headed for complete bankruptcy. meanwhile conrail the freight entity created at the same time was funded consistantly until it was able to turn itself into a profitable corporation owned by the federal government. since the government in theory isnt supposed to own something where the private sector would be in competition conrail was offered to the highest bidder in the 90s iirc. it was eventually split between two railraods csx corp and norfolk southern. amtraks biggest problem imo has been the lack of trackage it can call its own usually sharing route miles with freight rail. in many cases it uses the rail lines owned by freight railroads. thus it is at the mercy of the freight roads in terms of scheduling stations and at times motive power. if this country changes its attitude towards how amtrak is structured and towards energy policies that dont have long term goals maybe amtrak will work. .