Romance of the Rails
Subtitle: Why the Passenger Trains We Love Are Not the Transportation We Need
Publisher: Cato Institute
Published: Oct 26, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781944424947
Description: American transportation has undergone many technological revolutions: from sailing ships to steam ships; from passenger trains and urban rail transit to airplanes and automobiles. Normally, the government has allowed and even encouraged these revolutions, but for some reason the federal government is spending billions of dollars trying to preserve and build obsolete rail transit and passenger train lines, including high-speed trains that cost more but are less than half as fast as flying. O'Toole asks why passenger trains have been singled out -- and whether this policy makes sense. -- adapted from jacket
Notes: Source title: Romance of the Rails: Why the Passenger Trains We Love Are Not the Transportation We Need