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End of the Line for Amtrak
Publication Date: November 1982
Publisher(s): Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): John Semmens
Topic: Transportation (Railroads and trains)
Keywords: Smart growth
Type: Report
Abstract:
Unless the taxpayer is willing to subsidize Amtrak endlessly at ever greater amounts, it is time to subject the Agency to cold, tough scrutiny. If Amtrak cannot succeed in a decade, perhaps it cannot succeed at all.