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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: [QB] I certainly agree with Mr. Superchief that enabling language within the RPSA 1970 calls for a National System. This was indeed wise, for there would simply be no way that Federal level funding could be garnered without a National system. Like it or not, there is only one place in which if intercity rail service did not exist, severe economic impact would occur - and that is within the Northeast Corridor. By right, this is a regional operation, and in some kind of unattainable perfect world, it would be funded without any burden whatever to taxpayers residing in, say, Wyoming. But, like the Walgreen TV ads state, we do not live in a perfect world, and the track record of multi-state regional authorities garnering funding at regional level is to say the least disappointing. The "framers' of RPSA '70 knew that the only reasonable and practical way that the Corridor would get funding was at Federal level, and to obtain such funding, the "goodies have to be passed out' in the form of a train here, a job there, a procurement here, a consultancy there. It aint pretty, but it is simply how it's done, folks!!! Fortunately, and this should be of great interest to the large West Coast constituency of this board, the framers provided a means to accomodate any local jurisdiction that chose to fund intercity trains, and that of course is the "Section 403-B" provision of the Act. California has made notable use of this provision, as have, albeit to a lesser extent, the two other West Coast states. So I totally concur that the National System is an integral part of the continuing Federal level initiative to fund rail passenger service. This thought is not brought about account any real economic need for a National System, but rather it represents simply "how things get done". [/QB][/QUOTE]
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