Rails are roads too.
My opinion is that the Federal government should not be in the intestate highway business only because I think a private company can build and maintain them cheaper and more efficiently.
I don’t care which mode of transportation is used.
If you support a federally controlled interstate highway system your argument against a federally controlled rail system is weak. They are both roads.
“If you support a federally controlled interstate highway system your argument against a federally controlled rail system is weak. They are both roads.”
Look, if I decide to visit my brother in Mississippi, then I can drive there in my car and I can stop several times along the way, I can change my path to include or exclude side trips and when I get there, I still have a vehicle with which to go and spend money on the local economy. I can do this at a pretty decent cost out of pocket (including the changes).
Now, if we replace the interstate highways with trains, I take my car to the train station, get on a train - go only to the locations which they allow me to travel. If I want to change my path, it will cost me the FULL cost of another ticket. Once I get where I am going, I have to rent a vehicle (which means I have less money to spend on the local economy) and I have to do all of this on the train’s schedule!
Yea, I can see where you can compare the railroads to the interstate highway system. They are EXACTLY the same. NOT!