"AMTRAK lives on subsidies; always has, always will. Americans have limited demand for passenger-train services. Nearly everyone prefers to use a personal automobile, for all sorts of good reasons, including privacy, flexibility, and convenience. None of this is news. Transportation economists have been documenting it in study after study for decades."
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Robert Higgs, "Why Do Progressives Love Trains?" (19 April 2009), The Beacon, Independent Institute
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