The slow pace of trains in the U.S. can be maddening, particularly during delays on rail sidings for an hour or more to enable freight trains - which have the right-of-way - to pass.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways.
Freight mobility and movement, while not a sexy policy issue, is a highly important one. Capacity constraints and congestion on our nation's freight rail system create many problems.
The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think ahead to tomorrow.
We should not be waiting until trains derail, bridges collapse and people die to adequately fund our transportation infrastructure.
People's lives are in the care of the railways when they get on a train. The railways should remember that.
Anyone who has ever sat in a train as it rushes through a dark night will know that sometimes there are long minutes when the coaches slide smoothly along without so much as a shudder.
I've missed a lot of trains in my life, and another one always comes.
If we are wondering why only 19 percent of the American people feel that the Congress is in tune with their priorities, the cuts in Amtrak is one blatant reason why.
Without the funding Amtrak needs to keep operating, we will soon see people that rely on Amtrak to get them to work each day, waiting for a train that isn't coming.
Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.
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