Amtrak Quotes

“Wikicommons: Amtrak”

“The average intercity auto trip today uses less energy per passenger mile than the average Amtrak train.”

“Wikivoyage: rail travel in the United States”

“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.”