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Publication Date: April 1985
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): John Semmens
Research Area: Transportation
Keywords: Smart growth
Type: Report
Abstract:
The equipment and facilities that have generated only financial losses for Amtrak could, in other hands, produce better results. One of the great benefits of the free enterprise economy stems from its ability to change with the times. Congress should put this dynamism to work for the improvement of rail passenger service by transferring to the private sector those elements of the system that can be operated profitably and eliminating all support for the remaining segments.