Amtrak is just a sad state of affairs...

They brought in the Delta CEO to become more like the airlines and killed its soul in trying to gain profitability.

It's just a hard model. If Amtrak owned all the rail then they could have control to make it a positive service for customers...but they have to play second fiddle to freight at much expense. No way you can have a sustainable business model for travelers like that.

We need true rail. Rail is awesome and totally the future. So are cars. Both can play nice. Most travel is around 200-300 miles between cities so high speed rail would be very disruptive against regional airlines. I really like Florida's model and borrow that across the country.

But we need brand new infrastructure to support it.

Amtrak is just a sad state of affairs...

They brought in the Delta CEO to become more like the airlines and killed its soul in trying to gain profitability.

It's just a hard model. If Amtrak owned all the rail then they could have control to make it a positive service for customers...but they have to play second fiddle to freight at much expense. No way you can have a sustainable business model for travelers like that.

We need true rail. Rail is awesome and totally the future. So are cars. Both can play nice. Most travel is around 200-300 miles between cities so high speed rail would be very disruptive against regional airlines.

But we need brand new infrastructure to support it.