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I think its time to stop the long distance routes
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mr. Toy: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by TheBriz09: [b]...What exactly is your alternative suggestion for that $100 million? Shifting it to highway and airway development? [/b][/QUOTE] That reminds me of something. Generally speaking, it costs [i]at least[/i] $25 million per mile to build a four lane freeway, and that doesn't include design and land acquisition costs, just construction. I think that of Amtrak's $1.8 billion request, only $300 million is for the long distance trains. If those trains, which serve hundreds of cities, were eliminated and the money transferred to highways it would only build 12 miles of freeway, at most. I don't think that would be a very good trade-off. So Any way you cut it, the long distance trains are giving us a pretty good deal for the money. [This message has been edited by Mr. Toy (edited 07-23-2004).] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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