There is no history of riding trains in America since the invention of the automobile. While Europe never stopped riding trains, here in America, Buses and Cars replaced trains except for subways.
I also enjoyed riding a train in Germany, but it just isn't practical in the US. A high-speed train from Los Angeles to Las Vegas would be great, but it isn't realistic. ************************************************* Barack Obama is not My President http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike --- On Thu, 11/6/08, Jean MAURICE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Jean MAURICE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [OT] Idiot Californians approve Bullet Train development > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 3:17 PM > >Please don't go into the environmental whacko stuff > about this 'investment' takes cars off the road. > >That is just a smoke screen. Why should we subsidize > transportation for some? > > > But in fact it is very important. I don't know how it > is in the US but > who pays for roads ? How many people die on the roads ? are > injured ? > > There 4 countries in Europe with High Speed Trains : France > (the first > one), Belgium, Germany and Spain. Italy and Netherland are > going on the > same way too. In France, 30 years after the first line > betwwen Paris and > Lyon we are studying a second line because the first one is > overloaded. > Number of passengers increase 10% a year (mean). We have > not enough > trains to carry all the people (for example on the line > between Paris > and Germany). It is a great succes. The national railroad > company earn > money with HST. > > Just a shame : there is no VFP on board !! > > Larry Miller a écrit : > > If they were economically viable, why would it always > take so much public (read non-riding taxpayers) investment. > If they charged what the ride really cost, it's doubtful > there would be nearly as many riders. So, why should I pay > for someone else to get transportation that does not help > me. > > > > Larry Miller > > > > > > > -- > Jean MAURICE > Grenoble - France - Europe > www.atoutfox.org > www.aedtf.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
