Actually it's pretty accurate. So how about it, Willie? Want to bump up the cost of each ticket by $32?
And why tolls? Why not a gas tax? We have the entire infrastructure in place, a raise of $0.076 per gallon is easy to calculate, and it's inherently fair; travel less or with a high MPG (typically lighter - less wear and tear on the roads) car and you pay less. People drove plenty when gas was at $3.50 per gallon, adding this extra tax would still result in fuel costs below that level.
Don't think your trains as they exist now can compete when tickets are upped by $32 each?
From the article you posted Amtrak disputed those numbers claiming they lose on average $8 per passenger.
I’ll take this number and your increase in the fed gas tax and see who wins out.
How about we swap the funding amounts for Amtrak and the federal highway system for a few years and see which mode would win that one? Care to take that bet?
Actually it's pretty accurate. So how about it, Willie? Want to bump up the cost of each ticket by $32?
No, that's a biased study, funded by sources who profit from increased oil consumption.